I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a certain extent, unpredictable. Ever since I was a child I have believed that my life has been guided.

I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message.

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

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

I believe that this world was set about for us to enjoy and to love and to experience and to have it all be, to a certain extent, unpredictable. Ever since I was a child I have believed that my life has been guided.