At some point in time, in the future, people are going to refer to the Step Up films as the films they grew up on. Hopefully, that inspires them to get in dance films that are being made.

I'm a Gatorade athlete because dance is being recognized as a sport now. It always should have been, but now it is. It's very exciting.

The life of a dancer is not for everyone. You really have to have some thick skin. You really have to know what you're going into and how competitive the field is.

Dance removes you from this construct of the world that you have, and it's a conversation that you're having with people. That's how dance grew, as an art form.

Dancing is so physical and so athletic. I think it rings to the boy that is in my soul because you get to run and jump and climb and act as aggressively as you'd like.

Dance is an art, so day by day, it's growing and there are new things that can be done.

People can stand around and share movement with each other, whether it's professional or not. That's how it grows. That's what dance does. It's its own language.

With dance, it's about education. I'm teaching a lot. I teach the foundations of hip-hop.

I feel like I've always been in love with dance. When I was little kid I would always be the one who would be like, okay let's make up some dance routines.

Being a fan of dance and a dancer, I love my classic dance movies.

As far as the performance aspect, I'm going to be an actor. I still love performing, but I'm moving into more acting.

Violence is as American as cherry pie

There's a genius in all of us.

The purest surrealist act is walking into a crowd with a loaded gun and firing into it randomly

Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.

All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present praise.

You can't use irony as a way of disengaging with the difficult or emotional aspects of life.

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.

Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)

[Barack Obama] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's [ Martin] death somewhat personally.

Every city is a living body.