Quotes by Fred Astaire

”I have no desire to prove anything by dancing.  

I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself.”

- Fred Astaire

“I am bit sending messages with my feet. 

All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. 

I did it for the dough and the old applause.”

- Fred Astaire 

”This search for what you want is like 

tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked.

It takes time to get a dance right,

to create something memorable.”

- Fred Astaire

”If the dance is right, 

there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.” 

- Fred Astaire 

“Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, 

but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.”

- Fred Astaire 

“I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.”

- Fred Astaire 

”Disco is just jitterbug.”

- Fred Astaire