Evelyn Glennie Quotes

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
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.
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.
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.
Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.
I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.
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.
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.
I love out-of-the-way, rugged places. For me, holidays are about the experiences, and the people, and the memories, rather than sitting on a nice beach getting tanned. I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
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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Evelyn Glennie
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19 July, 1965
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