Top 99 Quotes by Savion Glover

About Savion Glover

These are some quotes by American author Savion Glover Dancer, who was born on November 19, 1973.

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.

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.

Savion Glover

I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer.

I'm more a percussion instrument than a dancer.

Savion Glover

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.

Savion Glover

I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings.

I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings.

Savion Glover

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

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

Savion Glover

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

Savion Glover

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 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.

Savion Glover

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

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

Savion Glover

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.

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

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.

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.

Savion Glover

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