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" 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. "
Savion Glover
Mental
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" They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing. "
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" I used to think I could save tap. But tap was here way before I was, and it's going to be here after I'm gone. "
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" I wasn't into tapping when it began dying down. Ever since I started, it's been alive for me. I just want to keep on dancing. I want to do it all. "
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" I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet. "
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" Tap dancing is like... it's equivalent to music, not only for the African American community, but also for the world. Tap dancing is like language; it's like air: it's like everything else that we need in order to survive. I'm blessed and honored to be knowledgeable of the art form and to be a part of the art form. "
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" I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings. "
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" If someone wants to be very tight about authenticity or ownership, it just sounds kind of competitive to me. "
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" I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's much more to be taught to me and learned by me. I hope I don't reach my pinnacle on this earth where I think I know it all. "
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" We need these figures who don't exactly go against the grain but create a new grain. "
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" I'm happy that people think of me as the greatest tap-dancer that ever lived. But it's just a rumor. Because the greatest dancer that ever lived knows everything, and I don't. I'm still learning. I still have a lot of work to do. "
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" My personal style at this point in my life is more audio; it's more driven on less visual and more musicality. But because of my upbringing, my fabulous mentors and teachers that I've had throughout my dance journey or career, I also possess a style that is of the past. It was just a matter of me reaching back. "
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" 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. "
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" Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance. "
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" Who is Savion Glover? Who is that guy? Good question. I'm a lot of things... Intense... Focused. "
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" When Puffy asked me to do the video, I said yes. Cuz it's all about the Benjamins! "
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" I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon. "
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" There's no dancer alive better than those of the 1950s and 1960s. It's only the energy that changes. Every now and then, someone like me comes along, and people say, 'Oh, this guy is this new thing.' But that's not so. There is no me without them. The tradition just goes on. "
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" I was very happy with the success of 'Noise/Funk,' but of course, there is a lot more that I have to say about the dance, about the history, about the people involved with the dance and their history. "
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