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If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

I did ballet, tap, jazz, modern, I taught dance here in my hometown of St. Louis.

Quotes by Phyllis Smith

I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I think I was three. It's funny because that stage was also my high school theater stage.

Quotes by Phillipa Soo

Dance means so much to me. It's always been such a huge part of my life.

Quotes by Peyton List

I was a ballerina, and everything I did in dance was delicate, pretty.

Quotes by Peyton Royce

I love to dance.

Quotes by Petra Nemcova

I can dance for, like, four or five hours nonstop without even drinking water. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Quotes by Petra Nemcova

I don't really know any other musicians like me. I grew up backstage with my dad who played in a post-war dance band, so I always feel at home at a venue.

Quotes by Pete Townshend

My father was in a dance band, and I wanted to do what he did, play the saxophone, but I couldn't blow a note, so he suggested the guitar. Chromatic harmonica was actually my first instrument, and I got very...

Quotes by Pete Townshend

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

Quotes by Pete Best

For the amount of talent I had - and I couldn't dance, act, or tell a joke - I enjoyed a tremendous career.

Quotes by Perry Como

I work out once a day. When I'm in a massive dance show mode, I'll probably be active for about 20 hours each week.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

There are so many times when I think I don't have time to dance, but I force it into my life because I know it's so important.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

When I dance, I go to a different side of who I am. I feel like I can solve a problem without knowing I'm solving one.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.

Quotes by Payal Kadakia

I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

Quotes by Pauly Shore

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.

Quotes by Paul Simon

When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't breathe. I couldn't sing, and I couldn't do the basic dance steps I had to do. Fortunately, two...

Quotes by Paul Sorvino

I don't really think about dance except just before rehearsals start. I put it off. I don't live my life thinking about dance.

Quotes by Paul Taylor

My sister was born a couple years after I was, and I realized that I wasn't getting enough attention, as much attention as I used to before she showed up, and then I learned pretty early on that if I...

Quotes by Paul Rudd

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.

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