Ben Vereen

Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn't fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don't know why but I think it is because I am this new creature. ”

Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience. ”

I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing. ”

People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives. ”

So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life. ”

Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was. ”

Our creator says, 'Here's your birth and here's your death' - and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience - and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on. ”

As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show. ”

When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory. ”

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. ”