"I was an "other," as people call now. But you know, everybody's other than everybody else...I used what was called th…"

"I guess once I finish a dance and release it to the public and we're performing it, I'm kind of done... Well, I love …"

"The culture has changed, and times have changed, you know, the whole thing about being queer has changed entirely. So…"

"I like working with grown-up dancers much better, because there’s somebody to talk to at the airport when you’re dela…"

"I don’t, believe it or not. I don’t miss the roar of the crowd. I still get that when I take a bow, if I milk it righ…"

"I believe firmly in that theory that the stuff you learn when you’re very, very young, it sort of stays. The very fir…"

"the farmer takes Jill down the well & all the king's horses & all the king's men can't put that baby together again c…"

"death is where jimi hendrix is, where our revolution ended up."

"There has always been something wrong wif the tesses. The tesses paint a picture of me wif no brain. The tesses paint…"

""I'm tired," I says. She says, "I know you are, but you can't stop now Precious, you gotta push." And I do."