I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

Of whom the world was not worthy.

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.

Let the results be a by-product of you taking impeccable steps day-in and day-out.

I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome life of the teacher.

I have no limits, no filter, no class, no poise. No decorum. Just fun.

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

Books can take you places.

I said it would be better if we weren’t friends, not that I didn’t want to be.

I have somewhat [Taylor's or Gallagher's guitars], but I like the power of the Martins.