Burlesque Quotes · Page 2

I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a…

— Christina Aguilera

The history of all Magazines shows plainly that those which have attained celebrity were indebted for it to articles similar in natureto…

— Edgar Allan Poe

There have been a lot of roles and scripts that have come my way but nothing that really inspired me or intrigued…

— Christina Aguilera

I love burlesque. I'm a decent aerialist. I think I set myself apart visually.

— Violet Chachki

I don't think there's such a thing as an evil animal.

— Alex Colville

“Would you believe I devise my entire show based upon a single one of these jewels? It's true I choose a color…

— Dita Von Teese

If you ever saw All That Jazz [1979], Bob Fosse was kind of raised dancing in strip joints and the whole era…

— David Copperfield

There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets…

— Martin Mull

Burlesque thrived during the Great Depression, and by extension, so, too, did Gypsy [Rose Lee]. Men could no longer afford to pay…

— Karen Abbott

Like the burlesque comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

— Anonymous

Years ago, we used to take burlesque classes as a hobby.

— Stassi Schroeder

Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory…

— Azar Nafisi

Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age…

— Dita Von Teese

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your…

— Carmen Electra

Pie throwing is kind of a lost art, and although it may be a rather rudimentary, burlesque humor, there's something inherently funny…

— Johnny Carson

“The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample…

— Dita Von Teese

Classic burlesque in the style of Gypsy which many modern burlesque troupes practice is, at its core, so playful and teasing and…

— Karen Abbott

I'm very much inspired by drag and burlesque. I love burlesque outfits because they're so dramatic and pretty and sparkly and intricate.

— Chappell Roan

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing…

— Steve Antin

Heroics that don't come off are the very essence of burlesque.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

There is nudity, of course striptease is an essential component of burlesque but it's much more complex and intelligent than a display…

— Karen Abbott

It is a sin to be a mocker.

— William Shakespeare

You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.

— Alan Alda

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

— Christina Aguilera