Dance Quotes by Arlene Phillips

I wanted to dance for as long as I can remember.

— Arlene Phillips

I have always seen myself as a choreographer first and foremost.

— Arlene Phillips

I used to dance all day, every day.

— Arlene Phillips

I haven't let people take me down a negative path, because apart from dance I don't have an addictive personality.

— Arlene Phillips

The best way of building up a habit for dance is to introduce it early.

— Arlene Phillips

Dancing should be as much a part of our daily routine as brushing our teeth.

— Arlene Phillips

I Iove a dancer who is willing to take risks with their body and go that extra mile to move the audience.

— Arlene Phillips

I was definitely a tyrant - ask any dancer I've worked with. They were surprised if I was ever nice to them.…

— Arlene Phillips

I would love to see dance available to all those who want to do it. I absolutely feel that the benefits are…

— Arlene Phillips

My parents were passionate about the ballet. They always played ballet music at home.

— Arlene Phillips

I love swimming, and when I'm choreographing something I'm in the studio dancing all day, every day.

— Arlene Phillips

Britannia High' is not set in a high school where people burst into song and dance for no reason. It's a performing…

— Arlene Phillips

I have gone through my life loving dance. No matter what, it's never gone away and I love watching it, taking part…

— Arlene Phillips

I think dancing always took me to a different place. It was hard and it was a struggle, but it took me…

— Arlene Phillips

It took me a long time to understand that there is no amount of wanting and no amount of desire and no…

— Arlene Phillips

I always knew I wanted to dance and when I was eight, I started ballet lessons at a church hall. They all…

— Arlene Phillips

When I was teaching I'd go to some schools where no one wanted to dance - when they came into the room…

— Arlene Phillips

Not only was I not a good dancer, I was one of the worst. I didn't have the long thin legs, and…

— Arlene Phillips

We'd grown up without any money. I mean, everything was a struggle; our lives were a struggle, and dancing changed all of…

— Arlene Phillips

Everything I do seems to get so much attention since 'Strictly Come Dancing.'

— Arlene Phillips

Hot Gossip were revolutionary in some of the dance they did in the 1970s.

— Arlene Phillips

I'm passionate about dance - about getting people to move and enjoy themselves. But I know dance has incredible physical benefits too.

— Arlene Phillips

I like dancers who demand of themselves to achieve, not just technically but also as performers.

— Arlene Phillips

I grew up without any money, but the one thing that we did was sit up in the gods to watch the…

— Arlene Phillips

I think when you're doing a musical, you have to be attuned to the director's vision. You're working with a variety of…

— Arlene Phillips

I don't know how my parents ever paid for my dance classes when I was little. We even had to line our…

— Arlene Phillips

In a musical, I believe that choreographers are under a great deal of pressure. There's not always the freedom to do what…

— Arlene Phillips

When my mother died when I was 15, it felt like the end of my dreams of becoming a dancer - I…

— Arlene Phillips

I knew from the first time I put my hand on the barre at the age of eight that dancing was all…

— Arlene Phillips

The Paddy Stone dancers were all upwards of 5ft 6in and stunningly beautiful. I was stocky, tough-looking and 5ft 3in. So I…

— Arlene Phillips