It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

New York is not going to be a foreign place to me. They didn't revoke my visa.