Rich Little Quotes

I went with a friend to see Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas, in the last year that he was performing. He wasn't necessarily on top form, but the way he could connect with an audience and the way he communicated through the lyrics was something I hadn't ever really seen before.

My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love' for the first time; he took the lyric out of my hand as contemptuously as you can take a lyric out of someone's hand, and he sang 'Be My Love' back at me.

I think I'm a dancer in terms of what I do onstage.

Some acts are tricky. Eartha Kitt was tricky in a wonderful, old-style way. She did yoga on the piano and put her hands over her ears when the other acts were on.

I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.

I really love live performing!

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.

I've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I have brought you to the ring, now dance if you can.

I love working in theater because it's such a challenge to have the audience right there in front of you. If you mess up, you have to figure it out and keep going. There's no take two! I do hope to return to the stage someday. I really love to sing.

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don't look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

I am a performer; that's what I like to do.

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

I dazzle you with that footwork.

I was always the lead role in plays. I like entertaining people. I like when you're on stage doing crazy stuff and the audience gets it.

Here's the mark that a lot of people miss nowadays. Producers missed. They leave out the heart and soul. And that's what I learned from Sammy Davis, Jr., from Frank Sinatra, is when you went to go see those shows, you got to know them.

I can never stand in one place on stage for more than a minute and am always singing, dancing and jumping.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

I do my best creating on stage.

I very much like dance and dancers.

Whether I am on a stage, behind a guitar or in front of a camera, I get paid to misbehave. Fortunately, misbehaviour is something I have unlimited supply of.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.