Aditi Rao Hydari Quotes

My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has.

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.

I've never been a twerking kind of girl. I've always relied on my talent.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

I dazzle you with that footwork.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'

Performing has always been a natural part of me.

I feel like I am a true entertainer and performer.

I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.

One is born to be a great dancer.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

I always liked performing in front of my parents' friends. My dad bought me a karaoke machine, and I would put on a Michael Jackson song like 'Thriller,' and I would come out with, like, a hat and a jacket, and, like, moonwalk in my socks, so I was always performing.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.

Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.

I'd say that, first and foremost, I'm a performer; I started performing when I was four years old, and being on stage from a young age set me up.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.

I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.