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Toni Basil

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[Wikipedia] Antonia Christina Basilotta, better known by her stage name Toni Basil, is an American singer, choreographer, dancer, actress, and director. Her 1982 single, "Mickey", topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia and entered the top ten of several other international charts.

Quotes by Toni Basil

I grew up thinking of show business as a business.

Business

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

Anything

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People don't connect the girl that sang 'Mickey' with the girl who was one of the seven original Lockers or the same…

Easy

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

Business

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

Anything

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I've always been a dancer, and I will always be a dancer.

Always

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

Always

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I have an inspired career other than just singing.

Career

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On my 'Mickey' video, I was the director, producer, choreographer, editor, singer - everything.

Cinema

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Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you…

Dance

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I don't mind having a one-hit wonder as long as I have a career in show business, which has been fabulous.

Business

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I come from a very vaudevillian family.

Come

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

Ballet

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On a TV show, for instance, dancers have to be paid for a week and a half rehearsal time. So unless they're…

Dance

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Mickey' is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a one-hit wonder.

Fame

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A diva without a venue is a maniac.

Diva

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The '60s was leather soles and a wooden floor. That's why the twist, the simplest dance, was such a sensation. Everyone could…

Body

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I don't think my story is an unusual story for a lot of music performers. But I think that since 1982, worldwide,…

American

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I did 'Viva Las Vegas' with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. By standing in for Ann-Margret for a week, I learned the feeling…

Being

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Dance has been my lover, my doctor. I know I have my health because of this.

Because

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I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.

Cheerleader

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

Chuck berry

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Krumping has a little anger.

Anger

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

Being

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

Good

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