Band Quote by Nicolas Jaar

I grew up hip-hop dancing; I've always wanted to create music that I could dance to.

— Hayley Kiyoko

New wave disco was coming to the fore then, and we were at a different point entirely. I like to listen to dance music,…

— Stan Ridgway

From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.

— Beth Orton

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

— Ravi Shankar

I'm still dancing - my mum owns a dance company - but I felt like there was more freedom in the music industry. You…

— Tate McRae

Since I was a child, I always loved music that made me want to dance. As a teenager, I used to dance the night…

— Nadia Ali

Making dance music is a spiritual thing. It's about being completely absorbed by rhythm and vibration, so much so that the petty stuff of…

— Sophie Hawley-Weld

Making music you can dance to is very important to me.

— Jain

Dance has always just been an extension of music for me. It's about putting my music into motion. It's just another dimension that I…

— Tinashe

Dance is so fascinating and I like collaborating with people a lot.

— Saschka Unseld

I wasn't really actively trying to pursue music, so I was really just allowed to create freely without any pressure or outside influences like,…

— Goldlink

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a…

— Tinashe