When I was younger, I was skateboarding a lot. I was listening to music and skateboarding. There were two songs, that are widely different: DJ Shadow’s “Building Steam With a Grain of Salt,” and Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right.” And I remember skateboarding to them and they made me just stop. And the world felt so cool. I would look... See more
On redefining what it means to be successful
She grew up listening to soul legends—Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye—and wanted to be a drummer before becoming convinced that she'd be a writer. Instead she ended up in art school. "I wanted to do painting but I ended up in fashion 'cause I wanted to make a living out of it, to have a trade, which was very much how I was brought up.
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