Fred Astaire Quotes


"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
- Fred Astaire
(Related: Mistakes, Right, Style)

"Dancing is a sweat job."
- Fred Astaire
(Related: Dancing, Job)

"I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around."
- Fred Astaire
(Related: Dance, Dancing, Desire, Feet)

"I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."
- Fred Astaire
(Related: Dancing, Man, Old, Want)

"Disco is just jitterbug."
- Fred Astaire
"I just put my feet in the air and move them around."
- Fred Astaire
(Related: Feet)

"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
(Related: Time, Dance, Right, Want)