Savion Glover Quotes

I was a tap dancer as a child, so I understand precision and repetition.

I tap dance.

I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately.

The more you play, you get a better rhythm and play better.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

Dancing isn't easy, and to just jump into three to four hours of rehearsals a day is a lot.

It keeps my feet on the ground just making sure that I'm always trying to learn something new or trying to be a real guitar player.

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.

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

Painting is something that you need to do, if not every day, then certainly most days. It is almost like being a pianist: if you stop, you lose something.

Dancing is kind of my thing.

Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.

Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.

Just because you've been on stage doesn't mean you can dance.

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

I love the rhythm of tap dancing. It's sharp and quick. Plus, the sound is very appealing.

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

It's very important to focus on the music first. That's always number one. But after that, it's extremely important to just have fun with what you're doing.