Dance Quotes
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Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. It's like food - if you're not eating it, you're doing something wrong. If they're not dancing, something is wrong.
James Murphy
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I was born in Toronto and studied with the National Ballet of Canada. I went to school to study dance, slept on the floor, ate nothing, waitressed - and then there was a Mary J. Blige audition.
Laurieann Gibson
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I feel like there's no need to put on a heel that's too high. There's nothing cute about wobbling. There's nothing cute about not wanting to dance or walk somewhere because you're in pain.
Yara Shahidi
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I'm very interested in dance, and I'm very interested in how people express themselves through movement. And of course, cinema is a kinetic art form. It's almost the point of cinema - it's time-based and movement-based.
Joe Wright
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I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.
Margaret Atwood
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The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion.
Russell Meriwether Hughes
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Dance like nobody's watching ...
Kathy Mattea
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Sometimes, when the world is falling apart around you, all that's left to do is dance, right?
Colin Meloy
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I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.
Kevin Kline
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I was told that I was good in my dance movement classes and that I should concentrate on dance because it would enhance my ability to get acting work.
Morgan Freeman
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You shouldn't kiss me like thisUnless you mean it like thatCause I'll just close my eyesAnd I won't know where I'm at.We'll get lost on this dance floor,Spinnin' aroundAnd aroundAnd aroundAnd around.
Toby Keith
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In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.
Phyllis Smith
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I love costumes in dance, I think it's very important. The clothes for dancing not only make you feel like somebody else, but it makes you move in a different way.
Blanca Li
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I never wanted to be an actor, and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man, and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.
Dick Van Dyke
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Denis Law could dance on eggshells.
Bill Shankly
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There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Dance is a great way to express yourself.
Darcey Bussell
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My mother and my father always had me in ballet and dance, and I sang in a girl's group.
Jessica White
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For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.
Perry Como
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I was a dance major at NYU, but it wasn't working out. I had friends in the drama department, so I switched.
Maura Tierney
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Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.
Jessie Mueller
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Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.
Alvin Ailey
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Dance music has evolved very much. From DJs playing at the Olympics, to playing at the Super Bowl, working with Cirque Du Soleil and even getting recognized at the Grammys with awards, dance music is growing in a big way.
Little Louie Vega
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When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the 'Lion King' soundtrack. It's really odd, but it's true.
Blake Lively