Amanda Hocking Quotes

'Dancing With the Stars' was fun, and it opened me up to dancing.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.

I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.

I did ballet at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance from age 4 to 11, but then I switched to ballroom, and I've been doing that ever since.

When people think of dance films, they don't really think of good stories.

My favorite way to dance is being swept off my feet by somebody who doesn't know how to dance.

I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that.

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.

I started dancing when I was 5 years old. Ballet. Flamenco.

With 'Dancing with the Stars,' they miraculously send your dance teacher with you wherever you need to be.

As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

When you're out dancing with your friends, you think you're cool. But then you get in the ballroom, and it's totally different.

I like watching American TV shows like 'The Sopranos,' 'Game of Thrones,' etc. I also like to watch dance reality shows since I love to dance, even though I haven't been trained in dancing.

Astaire was ballroom, basically, and Gene Kelly had such athleticism - that's always what I responded to and what just blew my head open when I watched Gene Kelly's numbers. But, Fred Astaire was just so incredibly inventive and so, so smooth - so smooth.

Dance+ is a platform for Indian talent that puts a spotlight on pure, superlative, unique dancing.

My view is, for example with Ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.

When I was in the Pussycat Dolls, I did study jazz and pop, but Latin and ballroom were not at all in my world.

I love a themed occasion - it provides endless possibilities for the menu, decorations and drinks pairings.

I like 'Strictly' because it is warm, glamourous, and brings families together.

I am learning how to dance hip-hop. I'm a good dancer when I dance salsa.

I grew up dancing. When I was three years old, my mom would always watch Latin ballroom dancing competitions on PBS.

I have some rhythm, but I definitely learned a lot from Jamal Sims and Spencer Henderson.

As possibly one of the biggest 'Strictly' fans on the planet, I still can't believe this is happening. I'm very much a dance around your handbag kinda girl, but now I've been given this wonderful opportunity to learn all the different styles of dancing from the very best in the business.