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I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

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I don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a dress.

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My clothes are very popular in Japan.

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We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.

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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.

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However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

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I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.

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I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.

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You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people.

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What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

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I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics.

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Real art has been... what's the word? Kidnapped? No, that's not it. But, OK, kidnapped by business.

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The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.

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Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

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We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

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The hippie movement politicized my generation. When it ended, we all started looking back at our own history, looking, in my case, for motives of rebellion.

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My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

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I used to always fight for human rights. I still fight for Leonard Peltier, who's spent 35 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.

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I don't follow politics much.

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I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that's a much harder task. We recycle as much as possible, and we conserve. But I've always been one to save everything - I even walk up stairs on the very inside or the very outside to not wear out the tread.

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I think I've got wiser.

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I think it's important to vote.

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When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.

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What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did.

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I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.

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I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.

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At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

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I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.

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My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

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Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

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But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.

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Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should anchor on the home and build on those fundamentals.

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I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features.

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But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.

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The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.

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