I Often Take A Brand-new Suit Or

Do It Big, Do It Right, And Do It With Style.

This Search For What You Want Is Like Tracking Something That Doesn't Want To Be Tracked. It Takes Time To Get A Dance Right, To Create Something Memorable.

Oh, There's No Such Thing As My Favorite Performance. I Can't Sit Here Today And Look Back, And Say, Top Hat Was Better Than Easter Parade Or Any Of The Others. I Just Don't Look Back, Period. When I Finish With A Project, I Say 'all Right, That's That. What's Next?'

I Have No Desire To Prove Anything By My Work. I Have Never Used It As An Outlet Or As A Means Of Expressing Myself. I Just Dance.

It's Nice That All The Composers Have Said That Nobody Interprets A Lyric Like Fred Astaire. But When It Comes To Selling Records I Was Never Worth Anything Particularly Except As A Collector's Item.