It's always exciting for me to perform.

The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.

I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.

We're very privileged as Americans - it's easy to forget about the rest of the world and to think that your problems are the most important problems. Even poor people in America live better than poor people most everywhere else.

To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.

I'm disciplined. And I'm persevering. And I don't give up very easily... and I'm reliable.

I was used to dancing, but only when someone told you what to do. So in the nightclub I was all over the place, I combined everything. Street dance, modern dance, a bit of jazz and ballet, I was Twyla Tharp, I was Alvin Ailey, I was Michael Jackson. I didn't care, I was free.