When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.

Ballet was exactly what I was searching for, but my environment definitely made me the dancer and the person that I am today. And the Hip-Hop culture was a big part of it.

I shouldn't even be wearing a tutu. I don't have the right legs, my muscles are too big.

I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time.

I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.

I will never reach perfection.

Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual.