Savion Glover Quotes

I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.

I don't get stage fright, I actually love the energy, I love the spontaneity, I love the adrenaline you get in front of a live audience, it actually really works for me.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

I definitely loved going on stage, I loved the nervous feeling and the performance and the doing-ness of it. It always felt kind of natural and inevitable and logical.

You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring.

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

I really thrive being onstage.

I have that inherent performer personality.

It's hard to pinpoint highlights on tour because they're the gigs really. The whole day becomes about the show. From the time you wake up you are slowly building up to that.

I feel rejuvenated every time I perform on stage.

It's definitely a high when you walk onstage and everybody starts applauding before you even say anything.

When I'm on stage I become a different beast.

I want to know that I'm gonna knock 'em dead every night.

There isn't a performer on earth that isn't an exhibitionist. There isn't any point in being in this business if you're not an exhibitionist. And, by the way, you can be an exhibitionist and be very shy as well.

Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but whenever I've toured, I've always needed a huge performance component.

I'd love to give my music to someone who really likes to wow the crowd. I feel like half the time I just want to hide in the dressing room!

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star.

Some acts are tricky. Eartha Kitt was tricky in a wonderful, old-style way. She did yoga on the piano and put her hands over her ears when the other acts were on.

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll.

I love performing, and I love being in front of people. I love the pressure you get and the pleasure performing brings.

People buy a ticket to see your show, so from the moment I get onstage, I can have no insecurities, because they're already there. You have to get people to listen. If they listen, everything's cool.

Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited.

From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.