And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.
Suzanne FarrellBut what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.
Suzanne FarrellYou don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.
Suzanne FarrellI didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.
Suzanne FarrellAlthough we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance.
Suzanne Farrell