"Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience……" — Evelyn Glennie
"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."
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Evelyn Glennie
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44 Quotes by Evelyn Glennie
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If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three,…
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Music really is our daily medicine.
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The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice…
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A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
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And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well,…
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Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was…
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Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
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Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
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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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I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
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I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.
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Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
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The greater the contrast, the greater the potential. Great energy only comes from a correspondingly great tension of opposites.
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