Quotes by Evelyn Glennie

About Evelyn Glennie:

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She is announced as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.
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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

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

Evelyn Glennie

I've kept a diary since I was 11.

Evelyn Glennie

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.

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

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.

Evelyn Glennie

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.

Evelyn Glennie

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...

Evelyn Glennie

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.

Evelyn Glennie

I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

Evelyn Glennie

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.

Evelyn Glennie

My hearing is out of the ordinary as others might see it, but not for me. I'm used to my hearing in the same way that I'm used to the size of my hands.

Evelyn Glennie

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

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

Evelyn Glennie

The audience plays a huge part in how a piece will actually form. They really allow the performers to walk a tightrope in a way that never seems to happen in the privacy of your own four walls. I'm listening to the audience, and they're listening to ...

Evelyn Glennie

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameEvelyn Glennie
  • DescriptionScottish percussionist
  • AliasesDame Evelyn Glennie
  • BornJuly 19, 1965
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionComposer; Percussionist
  • AwardsDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire