Skating is now retro and hip.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Advise for anybody - enjoy what you are doing, enjoy the process of learning and don't be impatient.

Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn.

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

I will not play it safe! I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life. I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars.

Excellence is the best ink with which to make your mark in the world.

It became evident, that in Paris, only one man could fulfil Heloise’s educational needs, Peter (or as the French called him, Pierre) Abelard, a thirty-seven year old philosopher and teacher

My mom said once that education was a privilege not afforded to everyone, but she was wrong--it wasn't a privilege. It was our right. We had the right to a future.

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

Certain books seem to be written, not that we might learn from them, but in order that we might see how much the author knows.

I think with a lot of producers, they think computers can create the best drum track, or guitar track and it comes off as too artificial.

When we change the input into our minds, we change the output into our lives.