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Ninety percent of the people who come to my stores have no idea I don't work with leather.

You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things.

I need to be looked after. I'm not talking about diamond rings and nice restaurants and fancy stuff - in fact, that makes me uncomfortable. I didn't grow up with it, and it's not me, you know. But I need someone to say to me, 'Shall I run you a bath?' or 'Let's go to the pub, just us.'

I can tell you, going out to buy toilet paper in the U.S. is a completely predictable experience.

For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.

I was the only westerner to succeed in a place that's like a toilet, and you always come out of a toilet with a smell.

In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being.

I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice.

If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world.