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?

Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you.

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

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 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?

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

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.