Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.

I am teaching more. That is what I do best.

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.