Prabhu Deva Quotes

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.

Give me something to dance about and I'll dance it.

If you love dance and you have the gift of teaching, teaching is super amazing and important because my teachers planted that seed in me. As a teacher you understand the difference or the definition of a Baryshnikov or a Gregory Hines, so teaching is really important and very necessary.

Nobody is born a dancer.

I don't have dance history or background.

A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

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

My mother was very keen I learn dance and I learnt so many forms.

Pure dance form is not dying.

I never danced growing up.

I grew up going to see my sister dance, both at the ballet and later as a modern dancer, and have always been a big fan of the ballet. So I have had a long relationship with dance.

My mom put me into dance classes, found out that I can't dance to save my life.

I'm glad that nowadays people are aware of varied dance genres, thanks to reality TV dance shows.

I love working with Alicia Keys, because it's not just the ability to do the dance to me; I think it's the ability to interpret it that excites me the most.

I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.

I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.

I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.

I've always danced. I've always been around it.

All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

I don't like the Samba; it's nonsense. With a lot of these Latin dances I can't really understand what they're all about. I like the Rumba and the Paso Doble but the others I could take or leave.

I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.