Evelyn Glennie

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#deathbed #few #few people #i #just

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

— Evelyn Glennie

#happens #i #musician #who

I've kept a diary since I was 11. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#i #kept #since

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#cannot #five #four #may #means

It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you want to explore, through this tiny tiny surface of a drum. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#become #drum #explore #fact #in fact

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#dry #experience #getting #more #much

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#communication #deeper #far #good #interesting

Music really is our daily medicine. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#medicine #music #our #really

My hearing is out of the ordinary as others might see it, but not for me. I'm used to my hearing in the same way that I'm used to the size of my hands. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#hearing #i #me #might #ordinary

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

— Evelyn Glennie

#planet #power #role #sound