"What I have to do as a musician……" — Evelyn Glennie

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

— Evelyn Glennie

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44 Quotes by Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie has 44 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three,…
Music really is our daily medicine.
The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice…
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well,…
Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was…
Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

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