Dance quotes

Explore the rhythm of life through captivating words and inspiring quotes dedicated to the joy, passion, and transformative power of dance. Unleash your inner artist with our collection of dance quotes. Let the melodies move your soul and create magic on the dance floor.

I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together.

- Irvine Welsh

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

- Arthur Rimbaud

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

- David Letterman

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

- Jose Bergamin

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.

- Joan Armatrading

I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing.

- Virginia Madsen

The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you.

- Jane Porter

My first vocation was dance.

- Victoria Abril

I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.

- Cesar Romero

We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

- Simon LeBon

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

- Victoria Abril

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

- Chris Rock

For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know.

- Kate Seredy

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

- Robert Frost

They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something.

- Etta James

I used to teach dance lessons.

- Eartha Kitt

When all is ready, the leaders walk out to the dance place.

- James Mooney

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

- Oksana Baiul

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.

- Willie Stargell

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

- Muhammad Ali

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.

- Paul Simon

I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted.

- Mary Tyler Moore

I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.

- Bob Hope

I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression.

- Deborah Cox

It is not a question of who dances but of who or what does not dance.

- Ruth St. Denis

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.

- Carmen Electra

I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun.

- Taye Diggs

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

- Keanu Reeves

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

- Dave Barry

I can't wait to be back on the dance floor. I feel really good about it.

- Paula Abdul