--- title: "7 Breakdancing Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Breakdancing quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Breakdancing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/lunice-86762_backgrounds_most-people-might-think-that-i-ve-come-f_487430.jpg" --- > [Most people might think that I've come from a musical background, but nobody in my family was in any kind of band…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lunice/most-people-might-think-that-i-ve-come-from-a-musical-background-but/) [Lunice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lunice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/lunice-86762_backgrounds_most-people-might-think-that-i-ve-come-f_487430.jpg) > [As a young kid I was in love with breakdancing. I practiced the uprock style, which is a battle style of dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-parla/as-a-young-kid-i-was-in-love-with-breakdancing-i-practiced-the-uprock/) [Jose Parla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-parla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/jose-parla-31833_1960s_as-a-young-kid-i-was-in-love-with-breakd_1281572.jpg) > [If there's anything Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo has taught me, it's that breakdancing is the key to financial solvency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-weiner/if-there-s-anything-breaking-2-electric-boogaloo-has-taught-me-it-s/) [Richard M. Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/richard-m-weiner-71479_breakdancing_if-there-s-anything-breaking-2-electric_1621594.jpg) > [Hip-hop used to be about battles, beatboxing and breakdancing. All they get exposed to now is the negative stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/houston-alexander/hip-hop-used-to-be-about-battles-beatboxing-and-breakdancing-all-they/) [Houston Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/houston-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/houston-alexander-45828_battle_hip-hop-used-to-be-about-battles-beatbox_1979095.png) > [Well hip hop is basically the whole culture of the movement. There's the rap which is a form of hip hop culture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afrika-bambaataa/well-hip-hop-is-basically-the-whole-culture-of-the-movement-there-s/) [Afrika Bambaataa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afrika-bambaataa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/afrika-bambaataa-11009_black_well-hip-hop-is-basically-the-whole-cult_2340404.png) > [If you're not messing up every now and then at practice, you're not doing anything above your ability to progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crazy-legs/if-you-re-not-messing-up-every-now-and-then-at-practice-you-re-not/) [Crazy Legs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crazy-legs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/crazy-legs-66484_ability_if-you-re-not-messing-up-every-now-and-t_2628167.jpg) > [The 1980s were such a shock for me. I was really young, obviously, and The Slits were just mutilated. We were totally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-up/the-1980s-were-such-a-shock-for-me-i-was-really-young-obviously-and/) [Ari Up](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-up/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/ari-up-50238_1980s_the-1980s-were-such-a-shock-for-me-i-was_2685721.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breakdancing/#itemlist", "name": "Breakdancing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people might think that I've come from a musical background, but nobody in my family was in any kind of band or played anything. 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