Top 19 Toni Basil Quotes

I have an inspired career other than just singing.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

The ’60s was leather soles and a wooden floor. That’s why the twist, the simplest dance, was such a sensation. Everyone could do it. They just swivel their feet and the upper body fell naturally in the opposite direction.

Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you love hip-hop music, go to a hip-hop class. If you love salsa, take a salsa class. It will become infectious and you’ll keep going back.

I come from a very vaudevillian family.

There’s nothing better than being head cheerleader, let me tell you.

I think, actually, I was the first person to ever sign a simultaneous video and recording deal with a record company.

I love street and I love ballet and I love to convey what I can.

I grew up in show business, so I always knew I was going to be a dancer or a performer. I knew that was my business.

Creating a dance is like coming up with a Chuck Berry riff.

Krumping has a little anger.

If I like something, it seems a pretty good bet that other people will, too.

I don’t think my story is an unusual story for a lot of music performers. But I think that since 1982, worldwide, I have probably seen less than 3,000 American dollars in royalties.

Some guy decided that it would be funny to put that in my Wikipedia entry. He was adamant that ‘Mickey‘ was about Micky Dolenz. I choreographed the ‘Head’ movie but I didn’t really know Micky at all. I knew Davy Jones much better.

I feel very connected to Las Vegas. It’s my hometown.

I grew up thinking of show business as a business.

A diva without a venue is a maniac.

I’m surprised by the success of anything I do, but it’s gratifying when the public approves.

I don’t know how people get into show business if their family’s not in it.