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Dance Quotes

On movement, passion, and dancing like it matters.

This collection treats dance as something closer to survival than hobby, one dancer describing it as a need felt in the body, another urging full presence in the moment rather than dwelling on past or future. See Dancer quotes for more.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

Quotes by Agnes de Mille

I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

Quotes by Afrojack

Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.

Quotes by Afrojack

Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records...

Quotes by Afrojack

Dance Floor Quotes

Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.

Quotes by Afrojack

When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he...

Quotes by Afrojack

All music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. Anything you can dance to is dance music. I don't care if it's classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it's all dance...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I'm a bit of an attention seeker, so I'm always looking for a table or some height to get up on and dance.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

The current concept of prom just seems so empty. Teenagers get dressed up to go to a dance at a fancy location. It encourages social inclusion or exclusion based on your ability or inability to snag a date.

Quotes by Adora Svitak

Dance Music Quotes

My mom was working through my childhood, so I would be running around Mumbai from one dance class to another with my mom carrying the tape recorder with me. I would sit on the sidelines and watch her teach dance.

Quotes by Aditya Roy Kapur

I've been dancing since I was five. To me, dance is a visual representation of being free and empowered.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

I can't dance to save my life.

Quotes by Adele

The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.

Quotes by Adam Shankman

I worked at Johnny Rockets. For one day. I had to quit because they said that anytime a particular song comes on the jukebox, all the servers have to stop and do this special sing-along and dance, and I just...

Quotes by Adam Scott

Dancer Quotes

One of the more surreal days I've ever had in the recording studio was Martin Fry teaching Hugh Grant his old dance moves. Showing him how to do the hair-flip and the point, and all these sort of trademark moves...

Quotes by Adam Schlesinger

I always loved music, to dance, and to be really active. When I started skating, it was the first time all of these things came together. It felt like magic, and I always wanted to be at the rink.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

I'm into my grime, hip-hop, dance, and house music.

Quotes by Adam Peaty

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

Dances Quotes

That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.

Quotes by Adam Jones

Frequently Asked Questions

How intensely do these speakers feel about dance?
Very. One puts it in the strongest possible terms: "if I don't dance, I'd rather die." It's a striking way of showing just how central dance is to their identity.
Is there a quote about living fully in the moment through dance?
Yes, a beautiful one: "think about exactly what you're doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it." It ties dance to a bigger philosophy of presence, not just movement.
What role did dance play growing up, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, it was formative and protective — they "started in dance classes when I was, like, seven years old," and explain the arts more broadly helped keep their "mind focused" growing up in "South Central Los Angeles." For more on the people who make dance their craft, see our Dancer quotes.
Can dance be used to explore ideas beyond just movement?
Yes — one speaker describes a piece meant to translate abstract ideas, referencing Einstein, into movement, explaining they were "trying to convert his ideas into movement." It shows dance can be a way of communicating concepts, not just emotion.
Where can I find more dance-related content?
Our Dance Floor and Dance Music pages capture more of the energy around dancing, and our Dances collection rounds out the theme nicely.

Others trace dance back to childhood classes that kept a young person grounded and focused growing up in a tough neighborhood. Explore Dance Floor and Dance Music quotes for related themes.