Jillian Hervey Quotes

My style icon has always been David Bowie. Just because of the variety of images and looks he created.

I'm kind of obsessed with Bruce Springsteen - the T-shirt and jeans look for me is appealing. Prince was great as well. He designed all of his outfits himself and looked exactly how he wanted to look. He was in complete control of his image.

I felt like I grew up with Bowie. I never dressed like him, even though I did love the music, but consistently throughout my career he has been a go-to reference point: The suit from 'Young Americans,' or the gold Missoni-type looks of Ziggy Stardust. 'The Berlin Years' still influences me.

Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.

It's definitely an influence, I mean how can you not say you are influenced to play rock.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

I really do love Diana Ross; I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her.

Everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

Rock n' roll means so much more to people; it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people; there's no half-feeling. When I first got into it, I was inspired by people who had come before me, and I found myself in the position of handing that on.

I was definitely surrounded by music and fashion at a very, very young age.

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

I went through a pretty big David Bowie period when I was younger, and that has affected me profoundly in my life and my work.

I wanted to be a designer since I was a kid, and I was always attracted to the way rock stars dressed and the way their girlfriends dressed. I always thought that they were the most interesting people.

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him.

I'm a huge Springsteen fan, and yet if either he or Bob Dylan had to be erased from the world's hard drive, I would save Bob Dylan's work for sure - he's the greater talent, and by leaps and bounds and skyscrapers and rocket blasts. But Bob Dylan is an alien to his public.

In my creative life, David Bowie is definitely an enormous influence on me, being one of rock's greatest shapeshifters.

We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning.

If it hadn't been for Johnny Cash, I'd probably have been a Nashville songwriter because that's what I had done for almost five years.

No, I don't think rock 'n' roll will ever fade.

I really love when music artists like Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson wear outrageous things. Obviously, if I wore something like that I'd look like an idiot, but I really respect fashion.

Without the blues, modern music would be nothing like it is now - not remotely.

I directed my music to the teen-agers. I was 30 years old when I did 'Maybellene.' My school days had long been over when I did 'School Day,' but I was thinking of them.