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Evelyn Glennie quotes: I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: Music really is our daily medicine.

Music really is our daily medicine.

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

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy ... the diary is pretty full.

As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy ... the diary is pretty full.

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

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.

The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: 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

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.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: 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 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.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you know.

Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you know.

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

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

Evelyn Glennie quotes: What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music.

What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: 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.

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.

Evelyn Glennie quotes: I've kept a diary since I was 11.

I've kept a diary since I was 11.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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