Quotes from 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.

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

Dancing is a sweat job.

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

Disco is just jitterbug.

I just put my feet in the air and move them around.

Slippery stages were the terror of my life.

Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.

And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.

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.

I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion.

I am not 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.

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.

I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.

Old age is like everything else to make a success of it you got to start young.

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.

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any