It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

Even the ears must dance.

It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

I think often that God is guiding me.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.