Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war. - Fred Astaire

As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire.

When I was in the Soviet Union recently I was being interviewed by a newspaperman and he said, "Which dancers influenced you the most?" and I said, "Oh, well, Fred Astaire." He looked very surprised and shocked and I said, "What's the matter?" He said, "Well, Mr. Balanchine just said the same thing."

A four wood I hit on the 13th hole at Bel Air Country Club in June of 1945. It landed right on the green and rolled into the cup for a hole in one.