I was very disenchanted in the industry for a long time before I met GaGa. Everyone wanted a "Single Ladies" for their artist, or a Puffy move.

I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher.

The only thing that I have is the truth, so the only thing I fear is a lie.

'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.

I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."

I believe it's extremely important to include some other type of fitness activity in your training, so cross training will help you to avoid injury when you are dancing.

You are absolutely enough the way you are.

For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment - “backup dancer” isn’t even in my vocabulary.

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy.

Speak beautiful words to create beautiful world

It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money.

I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you're going to enjoy it a lot more.

He had a happy canine way of seeking approval without seeming insecure.

Everything was a constant battle. My first film was beautiful. I got an amazing cast. That worked out great. Everything else was like murphy's law. Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

Nothing really matters; love is all we need.

If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore! It bears: Eternity, be thou My refuge! and no more.

Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

I believe in something that I do not yet understand.