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Toni Basil Quotes
Toni Basil Quotes
Toni Basil
American
Musician
Born:
Sep 22
,
1943
Business
Dance
Me
Music
People
You
Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you love hip-hop music, go to a hip-hop class. If you love salsa, take a salsa class. It will become infectious and you'll keep going back.
Toni Basil
Love
Music
You
Class
Dance
Will
Style
Become
Back
Dancing
Immediately
Run
Take
Studio
Study
Hip-Hop
Go
Infectious
Closest
Going
Keep
Keep Going
Start
There's nothing better than being head cheerleader, let me tell you.
Toni Basil
Me
You
Better
Nothing
Tell
Head
Cheerleader
Than
Being
I feel very connected to Las Vegas. It's my hometown.
Toni Basil
I Feel
Vegas
Feel
Very
Connected
Hometown
Las Vegas
I have an inspired career other than just singing.
Toni Basil
Singing
Other
Inspired
Than
Just
Career
I did 'Viva Las Vegas' with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. By standing in for Ann-Margret for a week, I learned the feeling of being a star in a musical number.
Toni Basil
Feeling
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Musical
Week
Vegas
Learned
Did
Being
Standing
Star
Las Vegas
Number
I don't mind having a one-hit wonder as long as I have a career in show business, which has been fabulous.
Toni Basil
Business
Mind
Long
Has-Been
One-Hit
Fabulous
Having
Been
Wonder
Which
Show
Show Business
Career
You street-dance in a club, you're performing. Whether anybody sees me is a whole other thing. But it doesn't matter, because it fills my void.
Toni Basil
Me
You
Matter
Club
Other
Sees
Void
Performing
Because
Anybody
Whether
Whole
Fills
Thing
Creating a dance is like coming up with a Chuck Berry riff.
Toni Basil
Dance
Chuck
Chuck Berry
Berry
Like
Coming
Up
Creating
Riff
On a TV show, for instance, dancers have to be paid for a week and a half rehearsal time. So unless they're vital to a production, they're just not used.
Toni Basil
Time
Half
Unless
Dancers
TV
TV Show
Vital
Week
Instance
Just
Production
Paid
Used
Show
Rehearsal
I don't think my story is an unusual story for a lot of music performers. But I think that since 1982, worldwide, I have probably seen less than 3,000 American dollars in royalties.
Toni Basil
Music
Seen
Think
Worldwide
I Think
Since
Performers
Unusual
Dollars
Lot
Than
American
Story
Less
Royalties