Excellence is the name of the game.

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and it worked for me.

I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance

Dancing is a gift. You are supposed to do it; it's like breathing.

So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.