When I get on the dance floor, my purpose in being on the dance floor is not to end up at another spot when the music stops. The purpose of the dance is to enjoy every step along the way.
I'm not a classically trained actor. I'm not a product of Stavlovski method or anything like that.
My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.
In our house, everybody is always dancing around and singing. We have a dance floor outside at our house, a big, huge dance floor that we all dance on.
Many people are shy when it comes to getting out on a dance floor. Dancing is an activity that... reveals your inner self, whether you like it, or know it, or not. It is hard to fake it on a dance floor.
Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve.
I play the piano, but I'm not classically trained.
I was born and raised in Germany, so I was classically trained. Classical has been deep in me from a totally early age. Then, as a teenager, I picked up the guitar and was really into rock music.
I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta... What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon.
I am classically trained in piano, flute, and voice.
I was classically trained in operetta from about age 4, I think.
I'm not a classically trained composer, and I can't sing very well.
I loved her music and the fact that she was a classically trained pianist and that her voice was so unique, but what made Nina Simone my hero is that I had never seen anyone in the public eye who looked anything like me at all, ever.
I'm not classically trained, but I am flawed in a very fantastic way!
I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.
I urge you to be bold. Life isn't changed from the balcony. Get onto the floor and dance, dance, dance.