Best Dance Music Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time.”

“If I have to be considered any type of jazz artist, it would be New Orleans jazz because New Orleans jazz never forgot that jazz is dance music and jazz is fun. I'm more influenced by that style of jazz than anything else.”

“That's one of the most powerful things in dance music - the DJs are so connected and help each other.”

“The moment we started DJing in Vegas, back in 2011, the crowd had no idea what dance music was.”

“All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz.”

“If you want to talk about EDM, let's talk about Detroit underground music, Chicago house and let's talk about all the things that got us to this place. We all get on the train of dance music. We need to all respectfully look through the carriages that have come before us and realize how we got here.”

“Dance music has become global and it's here to stay.”

“The fun image is what we project onstage, because our music is dance music. But it's not what the group is about We're very serious about our music and the band and producing good quality songs.”

“When I say dance music, it's anything that makes me want to dance. It could be Timbaland and Missy Elliott, but it could also be disco music and samba music: It's not relying on melody in the same way; it's more about rhythm.”

“I think New Order have got their own sound. But what we like to do is experiment, using dance music and other things.”

“I play a lot of hard, uncompromising dance music; it can be anything from dance to rock to reggae.”

“My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love.”

“Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.”

“In '92 - '93, I was at that age when I was looking for my identity and that's when I found dance music and I really fell in love with it.”

“I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature.”

“I'm gonna be honest: I was never really a fan of techno music, dance music.”

“Gay nightclubs offer better dance music.”

“I like hip-hop, I like a lot of dance music. If it's got drums in it.”

“Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.”

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

“Dance music is so interchangeable. There's not a lot of face to it. It's a bunch of Dutch DJs with the same haircut.”

“Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.”

“Dance music is an emotional journey. It's how well you can make people feel something that they haven't felt.”

“I am trying to walk a tightrope; trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.”

“I love grooves and dance music, but I like the feeling behind songs too.”

“I come from a world of hip-hop, but I love all types of music, and that's what Revolt will reflect. It will be home to electronic dance music, pop, hip-hop.”

“I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow.”

“Even before I auditioned for 'X Factor' the second time, I was doing a lot of dance music.”

“New York feels like the whole city is into dance music. That's not how it felt when I was younger. There was more of a hipster scene.”

“Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.”

“There have been a lot of people involved in the growth of EDM's support in the U.S., from DJ/producers like David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Skrillex, to major festival organisers and pop artists of EDM integrating elements of dance music into their music.”

“Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity.”

“I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that.”

“Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.”

“Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.”

“As much my music is dance music, it is also pop.”

“The music industry isn't converging toward dance music. Dance music is dance music. It's been around since disco - and way before disco. But there's different versions of dance music.”

“To me, dance music is a lot of space - to listen to other things than melodies. I think club music and dance music really require a different way of listening.”

“Dance music always goes through its changes; many styles come have their light and go back to the underground 'til it happens again.”

“What's wrong with the 'Laffy Taffys' and the Soulja Boys? We need fun records. We gotta have dance music. We gotta have club music. We gotta have kids' music.”

“New York has a deep culture of house and dance music, and to be able to tap into that is my way of shutting off. I go to friends' parties and local spots around the area: places I can go to, have a dance, and forget about being an actor and the attention.”

“Jazz in the 1920s and '30s was dance music, teenage music for parties, for being wild and young. There's this punk feeling I really love. It was something so radical and different and new and not codified. People didn't have a definition of what they were doing.”

“When I'm running, I like to listen to dance music and hip-hop.”

“When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music.”

“Making dance music was one of the best things I did in my life. I traveled the world; I met the most amazing fans. I got a lot of respect from doing it.”

“I have been a huge fan of Major Lazer for a long time and they have done a phenomenal job in redefining dance music across the globe.”

“Dance music doesn't care where you live. It doesn't care who your friends are. It doesn't care how much money you make. It doesn't care if you're 74 or if you are 24 because... 74 is the new 24!”

“It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.”

“House music is the root of all electronic dance music.”

“Miami is a really special place for me, particularly in the U.S. It was one of the first places in the country to really embrace dance music, and I've been going there for many, many years.”

“I create vibe-y dance music.”

“Telling people that I wanted to make dance music, or be on the radio, they looked at me like I was crazy because there was nothing like that in Lichtenstein when I was getting started. That's why I went to Germany, because there is industry there.”

“I actually have been really influenced by dance music.”

“I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.”

“I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.”