I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

It's a real gift to have a husband and wife in the company that love each other and that work together. They check on each other emotionally and physically. That's beautiful to me.

I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance

Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you.

Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you're hearing.

One you've danced, you always dance.

You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first place?

The future can be different if we choose to make it so.

Life is always good, if those who are living a round you are happy with what's going on.

The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.

The greatest spiritual blessing comes from helping another.

If you didn’t take the picture, you weren’t there.

Life is like a cup of coffee or tea. No matter how bitter it may be, it is always enjoyable.

People who are cocky and arrogant say, 'I know that' and move along. People who are confident and positive ask themselves,' How good am I at that?' and seek to improve

I tried singing in a deeper voice by lowering my voice that used to be more delicate.

I would love to hear someone write a song like 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' rather than 'You're hot. I'm hot. We're in a truck.' It's just mind-numbing to me.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.