The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances.

You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha!

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad.

If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience... I show you some of me. It's not a show no more.

How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance... cya later!

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people

I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

That never goes over big with your wife. I will be a very good husband for a change.

Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'

It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

Wherever you go, there’s your teacher.

The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people.

But why do you delay? Come, do what you will.

It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.