Music is about communication… it isnt just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting its something far, far deeper than that. – 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. – Evelyn Glennie
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. – Evelyn Glennie
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we wont accept you, because we havent a clue – you know – of the future of a so-called deaf musician. And I just couldnt quite accept that. – Evelyn Glennie