I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.

In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course

If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

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.

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.