Swing is my main weapon.
We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands.
Swing is my favorite kind of music.
She wished she had a little yellow house of her own, with a flower box full of real flowers and herbs – pansies and rosemary – and a sweet lover who would swing dance with her in the evenings and cook pasta and read poetry aloud.
When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.
Swing dance has been a part of my life since I was born.
My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.
The first dance we did for 'Ain't Misbehavin' was five minutes and I was like, 'What? Five minutes!'
We're gonna rock around the clock.
Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
I thought the Charleston would be a bit like the jive, but it isn't really.
I've always wanted to learn the jive. It's fast, it's fun and it just looks awesome.
I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice.
There are many Superstars - past and present - I would love to get in the Swing.
When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't believe it. They were the greatest swing band. I really fell in love with that sound. Everybody danced!
