50 Disco Quotes For When You Have Disco Fever

By Stephanie Kirby

Writer, Entrepreneur and Inspirational quote curator

Published June 13, 2023

Fans of disco, or dance in general, will love these disco quotes!

Disco emerged in the 1970s as a dance music genre and became a subculture in urban life.

Originally, disco started as a mixture of music popular with the LGBTQ crowd, Italian Americans, Black Americans, and Hispanic Americans.

Much of the beginning of disco was a form of counterculture to the dominance of rock music in the 1960s.

By the late 1970s, most cities had disco clubs, and the disco club scene was thriving.

Some of the most well-known artists that contributed to disco are:

Bee Gees
KC and the Sunshine Band
Earth Wind & Fire
Chaka Khan
Village People

The talented musicians and the record producers played an important role in developing the disco genre.

Take a few minutes to read these disco quotes to learn more about disco.

Groovy Disco Quotes

Enjoy these groovy disco quotes!

1. “I am a disco king.” — Bappi Lahiri

2. “Disco is just jitterbug.” — Fred Astaire

3. “I was a very good disco dancer.” — David H. Koch

4. “Disco is just pop music you can dance to.” — Sheena Easton

5. “People are embarrassed by disco, but I love it.” — Ty Segall

6. “I love to dance in the disco, but that’s about it.” — Heather Mills

7. “Disco is music for dancing, and people will always want to dance.” — Giorgio Moroder

8. “The disco sound, you must see, is not art or anything so serious.” — Giorgio Moroder

9. “We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we’ve delved into.” — Barry Gibb

10. “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

Fun Disco Quotes

Here are some fun disco quotes.

11. “I like to dance disco.” — James Tupper

12. “Disco music is funk with a bow tie.” — Fred Wesley

13. “I grew up in the seventies, and disco was big.” — Ice Cube

14. “I’m from the disco era where everybody thought they were John Travolta…” — Ian Mcshane

15. “So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?” — Billy Connolly

16. “And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even – dare I say it – disco.” — Tommy Lee

17. “Disco will never be over. It will always live in our minds and hearts.” — ‘The Last Days Of Disco’ Matt Keesler

18. “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

19. “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

20. “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 Quotes from People Who Don’t Like Disco

These disco quotes are for people who aren’t fans of disco.

21. “I don’t do disco.” — Wilson Pickett

22. “I’m not a big disco guy.” — Jon Bon Jovi

23. “I wouldn’t be caught dead in a disco.” — Ron Mael

24. “I never really did any disco dancing.” — Barry Gibb

25. “I’ve never been to a disco in my life.” — Abhinav Bindra

26. “I never went to any disco. I didn’t know anything about dance.” — Jeetendra

27. “I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked disco!” — Everclear, “AM Radio”

28. “When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.” — Anna Sui

29. “I didn’t really like the ’80s, to be honest with you. There was some good music that came out, but it went a bit disco for me.” — Paul Rodgers

30. “I have this overriding principle that streetwear could end up like disco: that it will be perceived well at the time but doesn’t age well at all.” — Virgil Abloh

Disco Quotes About Disco Music

Check out these disco quotes about disco music.

31. “Disco is the first technology music.” — will.i.am

32. “I’m a sucker for sad disco pop.” — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

33. “Disco is funky when you take one record at a time.” — George Clinton

34. “There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be in a disco band.” — Stephen Morris

35. “I loved disco music, and I still count Donna Summer as one of my favorites of all time.” — Steve Wilson

36. “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

37. “Disco deserved a better name, a beautiful name, because it was a beautiful art form. It made the consumer beautiful.” — Barry White

38. “In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say.” — Giorgio Moroder

39. “Electro is today’s disco – making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing.” — will.i.am

40. “During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump, a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it, which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.” — Dionne Warwick

More Disco Quotes

Here are some more disco quotes that will give you disco fever!

41. “I grew up on rap and hip-hop and fell into dance music.” — Nomi Ruiz

42. “I didn’t live in the world of disco or the world of the Eagles.” — George Thorogood

43. “My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues.” — Haley Reinhart

44. “Dance music is dance music. It’s been around since disco – and way before disco.” — will.i.am

45. “A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment.” — Frank Zappa

46. “I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, bluegrass and accordions.” — Pat Mastelotto

47. “Well, it’ll always be disco/electro-pop. That’s what I first wanted to do when I started out as a musician in 1977.” — Pete Burns

48. “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

49. “For me, there’s the certain focus points that come out, which could reference a song or a pop disco, or something really abstract.” — Sue Tompkins

50. “New wave disco was coming to the fore then, and we were at a different point entirely. I like to listen to dance music, but I don’t think I’m primarily a dance music writer.” — Stan Ridgway