Clive James Quotes

The only dancing I did was at the discotheques. I was a very good disco dancer. I say that I learned disco dancing at the wrong places.

I like to dance disco.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be in a disco band.

I never really did any disco dancing.

I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon.

The first record I ever danced to in a grown-up disco was Donna Summer's 'A Love Trilogy'. I danced for the full 15 minutes and I thought to myself, 'This is it, this is what it's all about.'

In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.

Disco is just pop music you can dance to.

We used to go to Studio 54 - an amazing place.

I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.

I am a disco king.

The Mirrorball is so amazing.

I'd only been to Studio 54 a couple of times, when I was 16.

When you think mid-seventies, you think of Studio 54, but there was a whole other thing going on. Where I was, it was more deep-woods preppy. Real-guy preppy.

The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious.

I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.

Disco does work better with black artists or players. They just feel it more.

Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.

People are embarrassed by disco, but I love it.

I love the Bee Gees, and I love Barry Gibb and Andy Gibb. I listen to them almost every day.

I am the godfather of disco.

I loved disco music, and I still count Donna Summer as one of my favorites of all time.

Twenty years ago I went to see this show The Best Disco in Town Live, it was all these disco acts like Gloria Gaynor and Tavares and I had the best night of my life. There was no new music, it was just hits you loved growing up.

When I was first going out to funky events, it was a lovely kind of music to dance to - it had such a nice vibe.

I was going to Studio 54 when I was 12 years old. It's true. It's crazy.