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" I come from a family who didn't have much money but raised me to believe that money wasn't the most important thing in the world. We had enough; we were happy. "

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" I get nervous before every shoot. I'm really jealous of the people that can just rest on their laurels and say, 'I'm good; this is it.' "

Edward Enninful

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" Music, for me, is as important as fashion. The first visuals I remember are Elvis Presley, David Bowie, New Romantics, and different punk bands. "

" I think if you're really good at what you do, you can see outside the box. "

" My 'Vogue' is about being inclusive; it's about diversity. Showing different women, different body shapes, different races, class. To be tackling gender. "

" When I was really young, I had an afro and wore pressed jeans and argyle sweaters. In my teens, I moved on to ripped Levi's jeans, white T-shirts, and cowboy boots. "

" When I started in the nineties, a sample size was a 4 and a 6. "

" I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in. "

Edward Enninful

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" People like me thought America was the best place to be creative, to be free to create, to have the freedom to be who you are. "

" The funny thing is that the fashions from the '90s seem to sit so well with the fashions of 2016. Everything from then somehow skipped and came back. "

" I realise I am stepping into the shoes of a hugely respected editor in the shape of Alexandra Shulman, someone who has chosen to leave at the top of their game with a legacy of 25 years of success. "

" I'd never seen anything like it in my life. Someone so blatantly challenging the ideas of race and gender and sexuality. In a way, it was comparable to David Bowie, except that Prince brought that to the black community. "

" I want 'Vogue' to feel like a shop that you're not scared to walk into, one that's quite welcoming. "

Edward Enninful

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" Diversity is very important for me. "

Edward Enninful

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" Social media is fine, depending on how you use it. "

" People of power have to show empathy and kindness to the young. "

" When I was 18 years old, I moved into Neneh Cherry's house in Kensal Rise with Judy Blame and our friend Michael Boadi. "

" In my work, I have always tried to push the boundaries of what fashion can do. "

" When you leave your house in the morning, however you dress is the way you want the world to see you. "

" I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor. "

Edward Enninful

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" Social media and technology are democratising and opening up fashion and the process of fashion for all - this has good and bad sides, but that comes with any change. "

" The white T-shirt is like a blank canvas - eternally versatile. "

Edward Enninful

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" The fashion industry needs to breed a whole different way of thinking. We need more diverse people working in all facets of the industry. "

" I am definitely allergic to wheat. Every time I eat it, I feel awful. "

" I can't just go in and throw clothes at a picture. I still have to have some kind of an idea of a character, of who she is, where she's from. It's almost like playing a child's game. You have your dolls, and you create characters for them. Fashion indulged that in me. "

Edward Enninful

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" For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in. "

" You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality. "

" Change always takes time. "

" Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos. "

" I like to play with contrast. It's about changing people's perceptions of people. "

" A queen does not wear clothes off the runways. "