I dance anywhere. I just start moving my feet.

- Savion Glover

You can go to see a singer and love the show, but you don't need to know all the songs. What you want to do when you leave is go and find out more about the music.

- Savion Glover

I love riding my ATV 450.

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.

- 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.

- Savion Glover

I don't think I'm a genius. Not yet.

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

I did a production called 'Classical Savion,' where I did some Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Bach, Vivaldi, and all these great pieces.

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

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.

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

- 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.

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover

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

- Savion Glover