I Didn't Want To Be A Dancer...

I Had Been Asked To Open A Nightclub In Atlantic City. They Offered Me A Ridiculous Amount Of Money. They Literally Overpaid Me. So I Did One Show A Night. Then They Asked Me Back By Popular Demand. So I Went Back. Then I Said, "to Hell With This." I Was Only Doing It For The Money, And I Was Doing Easy Routines. It's Just Too Much Work To Get Up Every Day And Practice.

America Now Has More And Better Dancers Than They Have Ever Had In The History Of The Country, But That Won't Account For The Public Wants To See.

Fred Astaire Represented The Aristocracy, I Represented The Proletariat.

There Is A Certain Amount Of Pornography That Exists Throughout Purple Rain, But The Appeal Is Obvious. You Can Really Pick That Picture Apart And See Where "a" Fits Into "b" And So On. It Was Very Wisely Done.

You Dance Love, And You Dance Joy, And You Dance Dreams.