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" What does genius mean? God has put us here specifically... every person has a job or journey to do. It's just a matter of finding what we're here to fulfill or execute. That's genius to me. "

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" The spirituality of the dance, that's something that's evolved for me in the past ten years or so. I'm still trying to figure out where that's taking me. "

Savion Glover

Trying

Dance

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

Savion Glover

Care

Away

" When I wake up in the morning, I just go. "

Savion Glover

Wake

Morning

" There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple. "

" 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. "

Savion Glover

Think

Learning

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

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

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

" I started as a drummer. The feet are an extension of that. "

" 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. "

" We need these figures who don't exactly go against the grain but create a new grain. "

Savion Glover

Grain

Against

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

" 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 want to share what I have, and I'd rather share it with people that are a little bit more open-minded. "

Savion Glover

Little

Open-Minded

" 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

" The Nicholas Brothers were the best tap-dancers. I'm not talking about their flash-dancing, I'm talking about tap-dancing. They were really saying something with their feet. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

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

" I try new stuff every time I perform. I have steps I do that I know are definite, and stuff I can make up right then and there and then forget. "

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

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

" When I'm on TV or whatever, I'm able to bring my instruments, my board, and my sound is intact. But other kids who are on TV, when they're doing tap, sometimes they're just on the regular floor. It's not as safe; it's not as sound-worthy as it should be. "

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

" Tap's foundation is jazz, just like hip-hop, so relating tap-dancing to rap is natural for me. "

" They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing. "

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

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

Savion Glover

Rock

Some