The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

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 liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

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...

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...

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...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...