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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.

Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.

In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

There's a catharsis in cutting down trees. But there's absolutely none of that in picking cotton. It's maddening! It's fiddly, and it pricks your fingers, and it's something that's a very hard skill if you have no alacrity for it.

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start.

I pulled cotton at 6 years old and worked on the peanut farm and paper route.

When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful cotton denim in the world. Now all that is gone.

My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world.

I love soft-cotton white T-shirts.

My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.