Armstrong Quote by Gordon Lightfoot

Most people went to dance shows, but it was basically a table and a DJ playing and not really a spectacular thing. I brought…

— Tiesto

My parents used to bring me to Radio City when I was a little girl, so performing there 50 years later was absolutely surreal…

— Wendy Liebman

When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and I couldn't…

— Illinois Jacquet

We used to go to church and, musically, I remember that being a massive influence. It had a band so it was very upbeat…

— Jonathan Bailey

I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians…

— Suzanne Vega

My sisters and my brother were all very much into music. A couple of them were dancers.

— Denny Laine

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do…

— Jay McShann

I loved to dance and went to Studio 54 at least twice a week. But I always felt nervous around the people there. I…

— Margaux Hemingway

I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert,…

— Teri Garr

I thought the grunge scene was cool. This is going to sound weird, but I remember doing a concert at a tavern in the…

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

Once there was Louis Armstrong blowing his beautiful top in the muds of New Orleans; before him the mad musicians who had paraded on…

— Jack Kerouac

Music was massive from an early age. My parents were huge music fans, especially soul, and they played records in our house all the…

— Bronagh Gallagher