I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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.

Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

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

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that bridge.

Godliness is a devotion to God.

If asked which words one associated with the Sahara, only the most dedicated surrealist might be expected to offer "whale".

It had to be the hardest thing, even if he’d never known it himself – to accept that the ones you loved would find their own way home.

You cease to be wise or intelligent when your beliefs are false.

Move it or lose it, lose it and you'll learn from it, but never give up.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Mexican leadership has been doing serious damage to the United States by out-negotiating our representatives and political leaders.

I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.

Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25 or 26 million records later. I guess it worked out alright.

To describe externals, you become a scientist. To describe experience, you become an artist.