Evelyn Glennie Quotes

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Evelyn Glennie

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 19, 1965

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

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I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

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Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

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Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

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Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that.

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My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

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My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.

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Music really is our daily medicine.

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Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone.

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I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

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The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.

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I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

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The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.

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I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that.

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A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

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Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.

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I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

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Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was beginning to become an angry person because of that.

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I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

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