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Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that's certain in this life is that I'll never be a fashion icon.

I am a deeply superficial person.

There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial because the superficial is what meets the eye.

I want to avoid becoming too styled, too 'done' and too generic. You see people as they go through their career, and they just become more and more like everyone else. They start out with something individual about them, but it gets lost.

Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.

What you wear can be such an indicator of so many things. You know, how you feel, how you want others to perceive you. So, that is an absolutely essential part of building a character.

I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.

I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic.