No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.

You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

In singing, there's a vibration that comes from deep down inside, literally from your sex. When you put out that vibration, people can feel it. Billie Holiday does it. Peggy Lee does it. It's very hot.

I will never forget experiencing Venice for the first time. It feels like you are transported to another time - the art, music, food and pure romance in the air is like no other place.