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

— Steve Aoki

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Dance has always just been an extension of music for me. It's about putting my music into motion. It's just another dimension that I tap into with my music that not many artists do anymore.

— Tinashe

If I see somebody dancing really well, it can make me want to dance. Or it could be the music. But perhaps the thing I miss the most is that when you're dancing, everyday concerns vanish. It's a unique world.

— Damian Woetzel

I've come to realize that people dance for reasons of their own.

— Savion Glover

Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.

— Avicii

Dance music tends to be a solitary affair.

— Peter Hook

I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

— Matthew Bourne

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

— Jessie Ware

✗Opposing Perspectives

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

— Jamie Wyeth

Dancing has a continuity of its own that need not be dependent upon either the rise or fall of sound or the pitch and cry of words. Its force of feeling lies in the physical image, fleeting or static.

— Merce Cunningham

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

— Sophie Ellis-Bextor