I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.

I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.