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" I've never looked at what I do as show business, I guess, because of my connection to the art and how I was introduced to the dance. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" When you think about John Coltrane, in my opinion - and I think I share this opinion with a lot of people - his approach to music changed other people's approach to music. "

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

" I used to think I had this responsibility to carry on this tradition. Now I just feel like I have to keep the dance out there, keep it in the public eye. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I realized early on, I'm more interested in Baryshnikov than some dancer who wants to do a rock show with ballet. "

" I'm a basketball freak. "

" I've come to realize that people dance for reasons of their own. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Who is Savion Glover? Who is that guy? Good question. I'm a lot of things... Intense... Focused. "

" 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. "

" The youth coming up is interested in dance now, and they're coming to the shows. That's a blessing for those of us who create. "

" I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings. "

" 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. "

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

Characteristics

" My show mode is that the dressing room is like going into the cockpit. Going down the stairs is like going on the runway, and once we begin performing, it's flight time. I'm just floatin' on that stage. "

" Movie making is such a long process, and they only use that one take, although you do it over and over about 30 times. Live theatre is that one time and one time only. "