There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.

Do not brood. It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life.

After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music.