Disco is a sub-genre of technology music that became incredibly popular during the ’70s.
Disco emerged from New York City as a form of dance music and completely captured the nightlife scene of America. Legendary artists like ABBA, Donna Summer, and the Bee Gees popularized disco.
Disco music is famous even today among the younger generations. It isn't just music; there's something about disco that immediately gets you grooving. So dive into these disco quotes handpicked for you to set the mood for the next big party.
Funny Disco Quotes
Read some of the funniest disco quotes that will make you laugh out loud, below.
“God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful.” - Donna Summer.
“Discos are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't.” - 'Black Swan Green', David Mitchell.
“I could be religious if they sang the hymns to disco.” - Adam Ant.
“Plopbottle closed his eyes. Suddenly he wasn’t a low-grade technician any more, he was Johnny Marino in Disco Night Fever.” - 'Goblin Night Fever', Indigo Lane.
“Disco sucks? You never heard that from me.” - John Lyndon.
“I want to give my records all away before some fool plays disco at my funeral, and then the record gets stuck, and nobody can tell, and the service goes on forever!” - Robert Patrick.
“Rosie and her homies are hangin' in the hood, doin' all the things that good girls should. Hittin' all the homework, combing all the hair, walkin' around like they just don't care!” - Papa Lorenzo.
“I was stranded in Disco. I went to dozens of darkened places with enough flashing lights to drive the average person mad. I felt lost in the pulse of sheer panic.” - Martha Reeves.
“Discos are tricky. You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don't.” - David Mitchell.
“The night lantern next to Begum’s khaat (bed) was buzzing with mosquitoes and insects like a cheap night disco bar where they came in for their daily dose of dance and music.” - 'Cinnamon Bizzare: A Collection Of Short Stories', Nishta Kochhar.
“What song is going to get me on the dance floor? Anything from 'Saturday Night Fever,' and you're up there like a demon.” - Ian Mcshane.
“So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?” - Billy Connolly.
“Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band.” - Tommy Shaw.
“Rave music sounds like an electronic disco version of '30s Universal monster movies.” - Mojo Nixon.
“Disco music is funk with a bow tie.” - Fred Wesley.
“Disco is just jitterbug.” - Fred Astaire.
Disco Music Quotes
(Disco music is music you can dance to.)
The steady thump of bass in disco music will make you dance non-stop. These quotes perfectly embody this sentiment.
“Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!” - Grace Jones.
“Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.” - Peter Tork.
“Call it what you will, nothing will change the fact that certain kinds of music will make you want to celebrate or party.” - Grace Jones.
“New York is like a disco, but without the music.” - Elaine Stritch.
“Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.” - will.i.am.
“Disco is a major influence in the world of fashion. It is a dynamic factor in contemporary advertising. It is a message from every consumer that there has been a rediscovery of America’s greatest by-product: fun.” - Neil Bogart.
“She imagined herself whirling breathlessly beneath the flashing lights of some impossibly chic Manhattan disco.” - 'Too Good to Be True', Francine Pascal.
“I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass, and accordions.” - Lee Patrick.
“I'm from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta...” - Ian Mcshane.
“The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home.” - Lil' Kim.
“Sometimes when I get home after a long day, I'll turn on music - I love Latin, disco, and pop - and do my own workout, even if it's a short one.” - Summer Glau.
“Disco will never be over. It will always live in our minds and hearts.” - 'The Last Days Of Disco', Matt Keesler.
“At the disco, we have forged a generational banner. It’s great to feel special at last.” - Bruce Pollack.
“I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late ’70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.” - Taylor Hawkins.
“The only dancing I did was at the discotheques. I was a very good disco dancer. I say that I learned disco dancing at the wrong places.” - David H. Koch.
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“I like mindless disco, they say the lyrics are stupid and repetitious. So what’s wrong with that? So is lying in the sun. Not everything has to be serious.” - Lou Reed.
“Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful. The consumer was the star.” - Barry White.
“Disco is just pop music you can dance to.” - Sheena Easton.
“I'm happy to sparkle like a glazed disco ball.” - Paloma Elsesser.
“Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious.” - Giorgio Moroder.
“But disco is the remedy for ghosts.” - Zoya Akhtar.
“He pointed down to the floor and up to the ceiling, he twirled his jacket around his head and spun on his heels. He hustled, he shimmied, he mash potatoed, he did the boogaloo.” - Indigo Lane.
“A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.” - Frank Zappa.
“In pop or rock you can make a fast song or a slow one, but in disco there is really just the one rhythm.” - Giorgio Moroder.
“Disco satisfied social as well as musical needs.” - Frank Zappa.
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” - Leopold Stokowski.
“Her punk is so punk, her disco is so disco.” - Rob Sheffield.
“We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we’ve delved into.” - Barry Gibb.
Disco Quotes from the '70s
During the '70s, disco took over as the main music for dancing. These quotes will give you a glimpse of that era.
“Disco music in the ’70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.” - Martha Reeves.
“Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.” - Giorgio Moroder.
“When I went to high school, in the late 1970s, disco was in full swing and anyone who was into it dressed the part. I know I did.” - Paul Feig.
“A glittering disco ball spins from the ceiling, but the music is something I’ve never heard, discordant and haunting and insistent, the kind of music that demands you dance.” - Candace Bushnell.
“When we made Love to Love You Baby, we knew it was somewhat innovative, but nobody knew people would jump on that bandwagon, and all of a sudden the whole world would be going disco.” - Donna Summer.
“The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam rock to punk rock to electro music.” - Boy George.
“Disco is the best floor show in town. It’s very democratic, boys with boys, girls with girls, girls with boys, blacks and whites, capitalists and Marxists, Chinese and everything else, all in one big mix.” - Truman Capote.
“Disco is funky when you take one record at a time. It's just that they narrowed it down to one beat to try to corner the market on a particular music.” - George Clinton.
“I hate labels because it should be just music. I don't see anything wrong with disco. Call it anything. It's music.” - Michael Jackson.
“Disco was brand new then and there were a few jocks that had monstrous sound systems but they wouldn't dare play this kind of music.” - Grandmaster Flash.
“I think if it wasn't for Bruce Springsteen, music would have gone in a very scary direction. We may have gotten to where disco music ruled - and I would've had to quit.” - Jeff Baxter.
“There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.” - Don Cornelius.
“I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.” - Tommy Lee.
“When I was working with David Cassidy at the Rio, I made an album of updated versions of some 1970s disco tunes. I had a blast.” - Sheena Easton.
“Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterward. It is a ritual – it is a celebration – and it is the same kind of music that we call disco or rock’n’roll or a whole list of names that we can call it. ” - Grace Jones
“But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.” - Rob Sheffield.
“I was thinking the other day that there will never be another form of music that everybody has to respond to – like disco.” - Daniel Clowes.
“Hip-hop died down, and I moved more into dance music, disco, and house. It feels very natural.” - Nomi Ruiz.
“La Flavour’s ‘Mandolay’ is a disco classic – I dare you to sit still while listening to it.” - RuPaul.
“I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.” - Ice Cube.
“When disco came around the first time, there was this real core of progressive thinking and a positive lyrical content - about freedom, the possibilities of love, change, and expression.” - Jimmy Somerville.
