“If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my ...” — Jacques d'Amboise Quote

“If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my time, Vladimir Vasiliev of the Bolshoi and the Danish dancer Eric Bruhn were, I feel, without peer.”

“Before I was through my teens, I had been introduced and exposed to artists who would, in later years, become legendary.”

“Who am I? I'm a man, an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.”

“I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"”

“I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didn't happen.”

“I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.”