Quotes By Patrick Swayze

To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.

As always, I appreciate all the love and support people have sent and continue to send my way.

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us.

There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff - something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.

I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.

Everything is designed to help you sell out.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.