Rod Paige Quotes

I took tap classes growing up.

When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire

I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.

What do you want me to do, rob a bank?

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

I keep waiting for things to get back down to whelming, but they stay at overwhelming.

Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.

I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.

I started dancing ballet when I was very young, so my background really is dance. But I remember loving the feeling of being on a stage and having a love for performing from a young age.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I used to say I didn't want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It's hard to do both. It's as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.

Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.

I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I've had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

I'm so tired of running.

I started off in dance. That was actually my first passion, which introduced me to music, which people don't really know.

I wanted to be a tap dancer when I was very young.

From the ages of 5 to 17, I was a competitive dancer. I even went to an arts high school and double-majored in dance and theatre.

Before going on 'X Factor' again, I felt like I'd tried everything else.

I grew up doing tap, jazz, and ballet, so I understand rhythm and movement and performing.

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.

It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.

You know, if my life was a horse, I’d shoot it. (Susan)