But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.

If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.

But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.

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

When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion.

It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.