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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.

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Music, London, Deaf, Clue

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.

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Think, I Think, Side, Lighter

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

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Music, Everything, Musician

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

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Deaf, Happens, Who, Musician

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

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Explore, Country, Surrounded, Adept

The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.

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Mind, Achieve, Human Being, No Choice

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

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Very, Composers, Prominent, Velvet

Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.

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Kind, Influenced, My Own, Scottish

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.

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Explore, Rap, Collaborations, Concerto

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.

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Play, Last, Last Year, Mount

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.

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Want, Say, Very, Deathbed

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.

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More, Last, Allow, Arm

I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

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Store, Types, Tops, Rattling

I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.

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Anything, I Think, Anyway, Possibly

The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.

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King, Emotions, Big, Refined

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.

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Interesting, Maybe, About, Just Something

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.

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Beginning, Pretty, Very, Teen Years

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.

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Love, Rather, About, Rugged

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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Sound, More, Dry, Possibility

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.

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Wheelchair, May, Means, Assume

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

Sound, I Think, Composers, Combine

Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you know.

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Sound, Through, Goes, Wherever

My first real foreign holiday was my honeymoon 20 years ago, and we went to Bali. It was particularly special for that reason, I enjoyed it very much - I had packed music scores and a practice drum pad, suspecting that I would be completely bored, but actually they remained in my case.

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Practice, Reason, Very, Bored

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.

- Evelyn Glennie

Play, Listen, Big, Conversation

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.

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Explore, Fact, Through, Notice

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

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Interesting, Looked, Felt, Lessons

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

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Deep, Play, Side, Orchestra

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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Sound, Always, Unconscious, Dolphins

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

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Through, Ears, Form, Hearing

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

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Sometimes, Through, Almost, Hearing

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