I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."

The only thing that I have is the truth, so the only thing I fear is a lie.

I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?

I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy.