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. – Alvin Ailey
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man. – Alvin Ailey
Choreography is mentally draining, but theres a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. – Alvin Ailey
The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all Ive got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer. – Johnny Cash