My father had the main barber- and beauty-supply business in the African-American community in Buffalo.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My family moved to Buffalo, New York in 1940 where I was raised.
My parents were entrepreneurs. They ran a small ad agency in upstate New York.
Being a barber is about taking care of the people.
I have a personal barber, Mister C. He lives in Brooklyn, but he travels with me. He used to cut Lady Gaga's hair, but he fired her to work for me.
I was raised on a family farm in western Minnesota. So I didn't have the background to prepare me for this business life.
My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry.
I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.
My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.