Dance is the stepchild of the arts.

I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.

I began ear training when I was about six months old. My mother was a concert pianist, and she started all of her children with music before they were a year old. Then she began to see that I had a musical gift...

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.

Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.

But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working