Quotes About Celebration

Dad always encouraged my singing, so when 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' was a hit in the States, I flew my parents to New York first-class to see me, put them up at the Waldorf Astoria, then they sailed home on the QE2.

It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.

There is one person who sends me three cards every year. One on New Year's, one for my birthday and the third that marks the anniversary of my flight into space.

For the children it will always be a lemonade float at the Christmas table as a special treat.

Chubby Checker changed the dance floor.

In our house, everybody is always dancing around and singing. We have a dance floor outside at our house, a big, huge dance floor that we all dance on.

I have made a career of flop films. And yet, 90 percent of my films are celebrated.

Your film is a hit, you bathe in champagne; it flops, a single malt lessens the pain.

I grew up in a place in which, if you learned poetry, you shouted it out. Boys would scream it out and perform it and do it and flourish it.

Estonia is proud of the fact that the country today has a flourishing and happy Jewish life.

The whole 1960s thing was a ten-year running party, which was lovely. It started at the end of the 1950s and sort of faded a bit when it became muddled with flower power. It was marvelous.

I remember getting flowers and champagne for being one of the first black artists on MTV. That was a big deal.

I love sending flowers! It's the best.

I buy flowers for myself all the time. I'm comedy's Elton John.

It's always nice to get fresh flowers.

When Nate and I got married, instead of flowers we had these quartz and rock crystals everywhere.

When you throw your hands up in the air like you just don't care, you're doing 'The Fly' by Chubby Checker!

My family used to put on a small folk festival.

I love Punjabi Folk.

My dad's side of the family were calm folk from England, but the other side just loved to party. Somewhere between those two factions is me.

I've grown up with bhangra and Haryanvi folk dances.

Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.

If we had a party every time someone died on 'The Following,' we'd never get anything done.

I have fond memories of our concert performances.