A biography for Toni Basilhasn’t been written yet.
“I feel very connected to Las Vegas. It's my hometown.”
“I grew up in show business, so I always knew I was going to be a dancer or a performer. I knew that was my business.”
“It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.”
“I think, actually, I was the first person to ever sign a simultaneous video and recording deal with a record company.”
“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.”
“Steps come up all the time, but not dances.”
“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.”
“There's nothing better than being head cheerleader, let me tell you.”
“I've always considered rock 'n' roll, the music and the dancing, an art form.”
“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.”
“A diva without a venue is a maniac.”