You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.

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

Dancing is my obsession. My life.

I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.

I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.

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