There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.

- Alexander McQueen

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

- Alexander McQueen

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

- Alexander McQueen

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

- Alexander McQueen

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

- Alexander McQueen

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

- Alexander McQueen