Quotes by Evelyn Glennie

Music is about communication... it isnt just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; its something far, far deeper than that.

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.

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.

Music really is our daily medicine.

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

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.

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