I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born. ~Charlie Chaplin~ What a strange power there is in clothing. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer~ Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something. ~James Laver~ The shiny suit was just a costume. I don't want to go see nobody just standing there in a T-shirt. When you go see a lot of shows, a lot of times people don't put costumes into the show. We would do six costume changes, because we are there to entertain. If somebody is paying $40 for a ticket, you better put on a shiny suit or something. Forty dollars and a white T-shirt? Come on, man! ~Puff Daddy~