Evelyn Glennie Quotes

I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.

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

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

Music really is our daily medicine.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

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.

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

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

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.

I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.

I've kept a diary since I was 11.

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.

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.