Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.

You don't measure life by receiving awards.

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

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during the kind of conservatives of politics and real estate and business came, and then I am again kind of fighting for the justice to the city, to open the city for the artists.

Nobody is born a dancer.