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All Quotes by author - Savion Glover

" A tapper sticks to existing routines. Whereas hoofing... a hoofer pushes the art form. "

" Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it. "

" Every now and then, someone comes along - we used to call it 'New Jack' - tries to do something new, tries to take all the credit, without acknowledging the past. "

" Every performance is different because I'm different; my mood is different. "

" Everything has to do with meditation. It's a conversation; it's a joy - it's everything. "

" For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself. "

" Frank Sinatra changed people's approach to singing. Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, van Gogh, they were all part of movements that allowed people to think about their craft differently. They changed the game. These people changed the game. "

" Great athletes last because they let the mental do all the work. What we do as hoofers is not so much a physical strain as everybody thinks. It's more of a mental stretch. "

" I actually wanted to be a fireman when I was younger. "

" I am realizing and accepting my role as a tap dancer in this world is not only to tap dance for the sake of performance, but through tap dance be able to share and spread a message and congregate with people I would not necessarily be with had it not been for dance. "

" I can hold a note, but that's about it. "

" I can produce any instrument, any sound that I can imagine; it may be percussive to the audience, but in my mind it may be a piano, a melody, or a tuba, or a harp, or a harmonica. My mission is to allow people to hear the dance in its purity and up against any other type of sound or music. "

" I come from a long line of people who express themselves through the dance. I come from a long line of people who create music through their feet. "

" I dance anywhere. I just start moving my feet. "

" I deal with more complex rhythmical patterns than a regular tap dancer. I even think in rhythms. "

" I did a production called 'Classical Savion,' where I did some Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Bach, Vivaldi, and all these great pieces. "

" I don't deal in terminology, I deal with expressions: colors, shapes, tones, characteristics. "

Characteristics

" I don't like being too serious. I'm the type of person that, if the mike isn't in the right place when I go on, I just move it. Other people, they'll be all frantic. I'm more relaxed. "

" I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle. "

" I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet. "

" I feel it's my duty, my job, now to allow people to hear the dance to different genres of music, to ensure audiences have the chance to listen to tap dancing up against all these other styles. "

" If someone wants to be very tight about authenticity or ownership, it just sounds kind of competitive to me. "

" I go for a nice walk in my neighborhood and search for vinyl, old jazz, classics. Then I go home and listen to them. "

" I grew up watching Gregory Hines banging out rhythms like drum beats, and Jimmy Slyde dancing these melodies, you know, bop-bah-be-do-bap, not just tap-tap-tap. Everyone else was dancing in monotone, but I could hear the hoofers in stereo, and they influenced me to have this musical approach towards tap. "

" I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them. "

" I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same. "

" I love riding my ATV 450. "

" I'm a basketball freak. "

" I'm always inspired by music, things of that nature. Just life in general. I'm happy to be waking up and having another chance at it. "

" I'm committed to the purity of my art form. "

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