Once you've danced, you always dance. You can't deny the gifts that God sends your way

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love.

I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that sometimes the most offended have not seen others being offended?

Concert dance is the hardest kind of dance. We tour constantly, around the world, year in and year out. It just doesn't work for everybody. It's the lifestyle, it's the stamina, it's the love, it's the dedication, it's the commitment, it's all those words.