I 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.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.

Treat each class as if it were your first.

I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance.

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all these interesting people who were never quite what they thought they would be or seemed to be.

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.