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 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.

After Jesus showed up, the Old Testament basically became a way for Bible publishers to keep their word coun

I get up in the morning, have a job to do, go there, come home, be with the family, that's it.

Knowing that we should love is not enough. But when knowledge is applied through service, love can secure for us the blessings of heaven.

The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take

Do what you're passionate about.

Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured.

You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about.

Every step in every proud life is a run from safety to the dark, and the only thing to trust is what we think is true.

You can’t stand in gratitude if you’re stuck in victimhood.

I think spirituality is a part of everything. It doesn't need to be separated out from everything else.