I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.

If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.

If you're happy, you eat. If you're sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. It's, you know, it's addiction.

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

The place that seems most dangerous is exactly where safety lies.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.

Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.

I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.

Love is my love, love is my religion.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

Life is a grand party.

You can shut out the world. But you always have to stop, and the world is always waiting when you do.

We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.

My parents were not theatrical at all.

I love raising awareness and encouraging people to take action for World Environment Day, because it demonstrates how individual voices can become a global chorus for change.

I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.

Education in the art of dance is education of the whole man − his physical, mental and emotional natures are disciplined and nourished simultaneously in dance.