Art Blakey Quotes

Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.

I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun. I'd never been taught to dance. I've never been to dance school. I do my own little dance moves.

Some of my happiest moments have been dancing.

Dance kind of was always just a part of my natural state as a child. It's something that, whenever music was playing, I was dancing.

Sometimes you forget how good it feels to just move, to express, to make different shapes, and let your body be free.

When I dance, I escape the present and become one with my soul.

I find myself at my best when I am dancing.

Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.

Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.

Joy is as infectious as any disease. When you see a few people dancing, suddenly you feel your feet are ready. You may try to control them, because control has been taught to you, but your body wants to join the dance. Whenever you have an opportunity to laugh, join; whenever you have an opportunity to dance, join; whenever you have an opportunity to sing, sing - and one day you will find you have created your paradise.

When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

I just like to hop up on the dance floor and do my thing.

I think I jump around more when I'm alone.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Dance is the only thing that makes me feel good.

I know I always say my occupation is not dancing, but dancing is in my heart, dancing makes me feel good.

I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want.

I dance because it makes me want to explode.

I've always felt like I can dance.

When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet!

Dancing is my obsession. My life.

Dancing, apart to music with a beat, is my legacy.

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.