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

You cannot dance physically certain things. But look at tango dancers or flamenco or Japanese classical theater. You can, if you're smart enough and you collaborate with the right choreographers, you could really dance your age.

Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then.

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

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.