I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was going to have, where you have to start young as a dancer.

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There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?

But, why, ungrateful, dwell on idle pain?