Evelyn Glennie Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Evelyn Glennie quotes and sayings page 2 (59 year old musician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 48 we have for her.
“Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.”
“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.”
“My first real foreign holiday was my honeymoon 20 years ago, and we went to Bali. It was particularly special for that reason, I enjoyed it very much - I had packed music scores and a practice drum pad, suspecting that I would be completely bored, but actually they remained in my case.”
“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.”
“My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.”
“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 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.”
“Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.”
“I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.”
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