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Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
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For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.
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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
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I'm the pink sheep in the family.
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There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.
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If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.
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I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
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Fashion is self confident and fearless.
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I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.
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There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.
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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
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There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.
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Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.
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