If I didn't believe in myself as a dancer, I wouldn't choreograph.

I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy.

In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.'

The formal education that I received made little sense to me.