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Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: About Doing Enjoy Experiences Feel Having Holidays Like Look Moment People Tuning Watch You

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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.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Achieve Amazing Being Body Choice Continually Forces Human Human Being Human Body Keep Mind No Choice Open Open Mind Scientists Society Therefore Tremendous

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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.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: About Beautiful Big Create Emotions King Kong Out Percussion Playing Real Really Refined Riot Sometimes Sweet Thing Ugly You

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As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Busy Diary Full Healthier Keep Live Longer Need Ourselves Pretty

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Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Anything Create Just Picked Rattle Shake Sound Strike Up You

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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.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: About Communication Deeper Far Good Interesting Just Just Something Maybe Music Physically Something Sounds Than

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

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Always Another Come High Lot One Way Profile Things Way Which Will

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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.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Academy Accept Because Clue Deaf Future Grew Just Know London Music Musician Older Quite Royal Said So-Called Then Well You

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The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Body Ear Huge Like Simple

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

~Evelyn Glennie

Topics: Ability Another Assumptions Cannot Categorize Continue Individual Make Need People Society Themselves Through

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: July 19th, 1965

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