Jed S. Rakoff Quotes
When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
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I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.
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I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.
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Rock was always part of my heart and soul. But the times just changed and everybody wanted to dance.
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I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun. I'd never been taught to dance. I've never been to dance school. I do my own little dance moves.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.
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I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.
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I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
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I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
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I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
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Anyone who has been to India - specifically Rajasthan, the rich and kingly region in the country's northwest - knows that when it comes to adornment, Indians do not think like other people.
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When I think of music, I think of music in its totality, complete. From the lowest blues to the highest symphony, you know, so what I'd like to do is exemplify each style of as many periods as I can possibly do.
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I like to think my accent isn't strong enough, but it's funny: I get people coming up to me in America and saying I sound like Mel B. She's from Leeds. They just hear a British accent and probably can't quite work it out.
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A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.
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When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.
