Betsey Johnson

Oh, I love the kids more than any other age group. I hate to say that, but new life is with new kids, you know? They're the future. The sheer fact that they're young and eager, that's what makes them rule.

Hard times always lead to something great.

I just get makeup from wherever I can. From Maybelline to Chanel - you know, all over the place.

A good use for me is to let me go away with my sewing machine and come back with some really new stuff.

In the '60s, I'd wear three pairs of eyelashes. Now they make them that thick, but back then they didn't, so you had to kind of build your own.

If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.

Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

I realized that my strength was being different.

If I hadn't decided to be a fashion designer, I would have loved to be a Broadway showgirl or a Rockette!

I don't feel comfortable without my makeup on. I've got to have my lipstick! I just don't feel like the same person, and I don't like the way I look without makeup.

It is a special, weird thing being a cheerleader. You need to want to yell and perform, dance, and wear a cute little costume. It's a thing you're kind of born with or without.