"My parents were very famous, but they were never snobs." — Maye Musk

The beehives from the '60s were gorgeous. The big hair from the '80s wasn't.

I cap my shoe collection at 40.

I just think everything my kids do is fabulous.

When the kids were growing up, they learned to be independent. I told them, 'As long as you're doing something good, it's worth pursuing.' That's why I invested in them in the first place and gave them as much as I could for their first company, Zip2.