Motsi Mabuse Quotes

My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

As far as dancing was concerned, I always wanted to do it. To actually be performing was thrilling for me.

I was a dancer and performer.

I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.

I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection.

I trained as a dancer and did all that kind of stuff. And as a dancer, pressure's a good thing.

Ballroom dancing is so articulate. Your hips have to be a certain way, legs have to be straight at one time and bent another.

Performing is fine.

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

I always wanted to thrill people with my dancing - just as how K-pop dancing thrilled me.

I'm a dancer, I'm an entertainer.

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

When you're on stage, you're in control. No one can get to you.

I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

Soledad Barrio is clearly a master - of thrilling steps and passionate movement. She stalks, she circles, she struts, she snaps her head - her feet drill the stage.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.