Dante Basco Quotes

I was a backup dancer at one point for a group that was on RCA.

When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff.

Before I got into stand-up, I used to be a hip-hop dancer in a crew, and my name was J. Smoove, and my partner was J. Groove.

As I was sitting there, the deejay was playing music and talking over the music, and the kids were going crazy. All of a sudden, something said to me, 'Put something like that on a record, and it will be the biggest thing.' I didn't even know you called it rap.

I'm a rapper trying to be an actor.

My dancers are the real stars.

Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.

Ultimately I am happy that everybody is embracing hip hop and the sounds from the streets.

I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears all the rappers, they're doing my dances and they're making billions doing my dances. When they do that little thing they do with their hands that's The Fly and The Pony.

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

I was never a dancer before 'Shake It Up'.

I'm in showbusiness. I'm an entertainer.

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.

I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!

Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.

I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.

I actually grew up break-dancing. When you break-dance you listen to hip-hop and rap, so I've been listening to that music since I was a kid.

Hip-hop is a way of life. It isn't a genre in truth in 'American Idol.'

When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.

I was on a TV show about dancers for two and a half seasons called 'Bunheads' on ABC Family, and that was really fun for me because I'm a dancer in a real life.

I grew up hip-hop dancing; I've always wanted to create music that I could dance to.

If I hadn't decided to be a fashion designer, I would have loved to be a Broadway showgirl or a Rockette!

As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

I really like the whole urban, hip-hop kind of thing.