I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

All my life, I have been in love with the sky. Even when everything was falling apart around me, the sky was always there for me.

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'

I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'

You should do something that will make your heart dance once a day. If you can't do that because you're too depressed, then do something that will make somebody else's heart dance.

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.