I love out-of-the-way, rugged places. For me, holidays are about the experiences, and the people, and the memories, rather than sitting on a nice beach getting tanned. I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
There’s still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that’s still not enough, there are still lots and lots of composers I would like to approach. When I see a composer and I see a performer, I think to combine those forces. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
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 Read Quote
If I just simply let go, and allow my hand, my arm, to be more of a support system, suddenly – I have more dynamic with less effort. Much more, and I just feel, at last, one with the stick, and one with the drum. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won’t accept you, because we haven’t a clue – you know – of the future of a so-called ‘deaf’ musician. And I just couldn’t quite accept that. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual’s abilities. Evelyn Glennie Read Quote
