Alvin Ailey Quotes

Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks to everyone. ... Otherwise it wouldn't work.

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We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.

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Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

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My feelings about myself have been terrible.

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Money is a never-ending problem.

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Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.

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I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

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No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough.

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I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.

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I always want more.

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If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

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Born To Be Alive.

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Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.

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Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

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One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.

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My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

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The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off it's with you all the time.

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I always want to have more dancers in my company.

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In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.

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It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.

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Nothing personal I just don't have people over.

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All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to hone their artistry and make the transition from the classroom to the stage.

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One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

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