31 Quotes by Toni Basil

A diva without a venue is a maniac.

I feel very connected to Las Vegas. It's my hometown.

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.

Mickey' is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a one-hit wonder.

The '60s was leather soles and a wooden floor. That's why the twist, the simplest dance, was such a sensation. Everyone could do it. They just swivel their feet and the upper body fell naturally in the opposite direction.

Some guy decided that it would be funny to put that in my Wikipedia entry. He was adamant that 'Mickey' was about Micky Dolenz. I choreographed the 'Head' movie but I didn't really know Micky at all. I knew Davy Jones much better.

I think, actually, I was the first person to ever sign a simultaneous video and recording deal with a record company.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I was a cheerleader in grammar school. There were no cheerleaders in that school I made them have them.