I knew three or four years ago that we had to open in a grand, special way. I wanted to make sure we had this particular production, so we looked outrageously grand and glorious.

You can't develop dancers with three performances over one weekend. And you also cannot develop audiences and you also cannot develop sponsorships. Why would someone want to pay to be a sponsor of a production that is over in one weekend?

I wanted to do it in the best possible way with great integrity - get rid of the bits where the audience sits through and yawns and keep it moving but not Reader's Digest.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve.. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.