In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course
The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.
I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.
Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.
I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.
There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.