I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

People ask me how I make music. I tell them I just step into it. It's like stepping into a river and joining the flow. Every moment in the river has its song.

I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

I urge all young people to go for their dreams. If they do, many of the world’s problems will be solved.

Today we stand together all around the world, joined in a common purpose - to remake the planet into a haven of joy and understanding and goodness.

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Fred Astaire told me things I will never forget. Gene Kelly also said he liked my dancing. It was a fantastic experience because I felt I had been inducted into an informal fraternity of dancers, and I felt so honored because these were the people I most admired in the world.