I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

He [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made us believe that. He changed our minds and suddenly, all of America wanted to dance just like Gene Kelly.

To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.