“Dancing is an important function of music, but so is crying.”

“Music bypasses the intellect, it makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you want to dance, makes you want to have sex.”

Siobhan Fahey (1958) singer and songwriter in Banarama and Shakespears Sister

“but it's so hard to dance that way when it's cold and there's no music.”

Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor

“He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.”

James Joyce book A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

“But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music…”

Vyjayanthimala (1936) Indian actress, politician & dancer

“Dancing music, music sad,
Both together, sane and mad…”

John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet

“See the music, hear the dance.”

George Balanchine (1904–1983) Georgian choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904-1983)

“Dancing is music made visible.”

George Balanchine (1904–1983) Georgian choreographer, dancer and ballet master (1904-1983)

“Dance music is the solution to malaise.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

“Dance music is the solution to malaise.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer