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" It's as if my left heel is my bass drum and my right heel is the floor tom-tom. I can get snare out of my right toe by not putting it down on the floor hard, and, if I want cymbals, I land flat on both feet, full strength on the floor. "

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" 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. "

Savion Glover

Voice

Step

Dance

" There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion. "

" There's a whole new generation who know about tap dancing thanks to 'Happy Feet.' "

" I never really stop and think about should I put my hat on this way or that, not thinking that little JoJo down the street would be copying that. I'm more conscious about it now and tell the kids that it's not about the shoes or what kind of shoes... it's all about the dance. "

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

" I'm going to continue to tap until I can't move. "

" My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story. "

" 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. "

" Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it. "

" 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. "

" Jimmy Slyde was more a musician than a dancer; Greg Hines was more musician than dancer. "

Savion Glover

Dancer

Jimmy

" I was a drummer in a group called Three Plus. We were performing at a club in New York, and my mother signed me up for tap classes. I fell in love from the door... so you can blame it on my mother. "

" I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life. "

" 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. "

" I'm just blessed, man. I'm just happy to share my art form with everyone. That's cool. "

" 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. "

Savion Glover

Say

People

" I'm continuing the educational process of getting people to accept dance as music. "

Savion Glover

Music

Process

" 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. "

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

Savion Glover

Just

Ownership

" What we're looking for at my school is intellectuals. People who want to talk about the art and be knowledgeable about it. People who want to know the history. Not everybody needs to be performing. "

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

" 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. "

" The connection of what I do to flamenco lies in the whole lament, whole cry, whole pouring back into the earth and giving energy back to the earth. It's a cry and a celebration. That's what music, sound, vibration should do. It should spark energy in someone. "

" It wasn't until I did a musical revue in Paris in the 1980s called 'Black and Blue,' and met the great men and women responsible for the progress of tap dance, that my relationship with the dance really began. "

" I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music. "

" 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. "

Savion Glover

Alive

Dancing

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

" 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. "

" When you find real jazz on the radio dial, it comes in all static-y. It's just like tap dancers. You have to go uptown to find the real hoofers. We only come to midtown if we're called upon. "

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