Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.
From Alvin Ailey
I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.
Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.
One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.
Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.
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