68 Quotes by Evelyn Glennie

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

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.