When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something in mind in the way of a creation, such as a new dance, a sequence, or an effect, you are certain to come up with inaccurate criticism and damaging results if you go around asking for opinions.

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

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.

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

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.

Disco is just jitterbug.

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