One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am.… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I could say now at 66, yeah, I was a fabulous dancer. I was really terrific, you know. But I was always… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I tell young people that people aren't just going to flock to you as your mentors. You have to seek them out.… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
We're dancing from here, from inside, not from outside. You could look at anybody throwing their leg and kick their leg up… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
As long as there are dancers around who love to dance, there will be an Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. We miss… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things.… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I've had a really charmed life, you know. Things always come to me - they just do. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.' — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
At 10, I could walk down the street and see over everybody's head. I don't remember being little or having to look up at… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
It's called the Ailey American Dance Theatre, not the Alvin Ailey African-American Dance Theatre. One thing also that Alvin wanted people to recognize, he… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
You wake up white, and you think about certain things every day. You wake up black, and you think about certain things. You wake… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her enthusiasm for… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults. — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
