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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

When you realize that emotions aren't truth and they are simply reactions to life circumstances, they can no longer hold you captive.

It's really weird how your life changes. Tonight I'm drinking water. Four years ago? Opium. Night and day, you know?

You have to fall in love with the process of becoming great.

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

President Marcos was investing in precious metals long before he entered politics.

our contempt of wealth does not extend beyond the hour when we can get it in possession.

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God.

The best quarrels, in the heat, are cursed by those that feel their sharpness.