Do you see yourself segueing into fashion?

I'd love to be a fashion designer. I think it would be an amazing experience and, um, I have so many ideas and just creative juices running all the time, and even if it's a flop, it's still something that I would like to try and pursue and just see what happens.

One of the materials that you like is fur ...

Yeah.

When is PETA just going to realize that fur is fabulous and drop this whole charade?

You know, animals wear fur coats, so I don't see any reason why I can't. It's discrimination, I think.

Do you take furs with you on the road?

Yes, I have one that I take when I go to Russia or somewhere that's really cold.

What is it?

It's just, it's coyote fur. It's somehow like a coyote shearling of sorts, and it's really nice, and it's long, and it's beautiful ... I love beautiful things, and if it means having a fur coat or diamonds -- or even if I want to wear a tiara someday -- then that's just the way it's going to be. You know, I really, I don't seek approval or anything.

So I don't think PETA will ever realize that fur is fabulous. But for now I think it is.

You practice Kabbala.

Yes. My string actually fell off while I was up here, so I'm purged of all my negative energy ...

While you were where?

My string, my red string that I wear?

OK.

It fell off while I was in New York, so it means that I'm purged of my negative energy.

So, while the string is on it collects negative energy and when it falls off you're free?

Yeah. And the red string kind of saves you from other people dissing you. It kind of saves you from the evil eye, is what the story says. It sort of collects your evil energy, and then when it falls off you're done. But then I put another one on just to be safe after. So it's a cycle, but when it comes off it's a nice feeling, like a weight's off your shoulder or something. It's weird ...

So it's like a karmic muffler?

Yes.

That falls off when it's full?

Really.

So, what do you get from Kabbala, and do you plan on changing your name to Esther in the near future? [Madonna changed her name to Esther after she began studying the Kabbalah.]

No, I don't plan on changing my name to Esther! But, um, I've always had a big interest in the Jewish faith, and I was raised in a Catholic family, and my mother would like it if I stayed Catholic and that sort of thing ... Judaism is just something that stuck out to me, and a friend introduced me to Kabbala actually before Esther started doing it ... It's about living your life as a good person and trying to be the best person possible and not worrying about what criticisms might come your way, and at the same time not criticizing other people for their shortcomings. For a while I was getting a big head about how good I was becoming and what was going on with me, and it just sort of helped me stay centered and that sort of thing. You know how you tie a string around your finger so you can remember something? It's like that. You have a string tied around your wrist and when you look down you see it and you think, "Oh, well that was really mean what I just said." It makes you kind of realize what you're saying and how you're acting.

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