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Evelyn Glennie
Scottish
Musician
Born:
Jul 19
,
1965
Body
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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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
You
People
Enjoy
About
Having
Feel
Like
Look
Doing
Experiences
Tuning
Holidays
Moment
Watch
I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
Evelyn Glennie
Musician
Deaf
Happens
Who
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
Evelyn Glennie
Will
Way
High
One-Way
High-Profile
Come
Another
Always
Lot
Which
Profile
Things
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
Music
Good
Communication
About
Something
Physically
Sounds
Than
Maybe
Just
Just Something
Interesting
Far
Deeper
I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.
Evelyn Glennie
Like
Sparkle
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.
Evelyn Glennie
Music
Me
World
Not Knowing
Nothing
Think
Assumed
Solo
Possibly
Find
Knowing
Because
Sticks
Greatest
Greatest Asset
Expected
Just
Where
Anything
Anyway
Full
Asset
I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.
Evelyn Glennie
Hope
Journey
Me
Will
Isolation
Those
Follow
Seeds
Taken
Because
Undertaken
Up
Begun
Sown
Cannot
Who
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
Evelyn Glennie
Bats
Unconscious
Always
How
Sound
Am
Brain
Dolphins
Affects
Wondered
Quite
Really
Fascinated
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
Walk
Three
Assume
See
Someone
Steps
Five
May
Wheelchair
Cannot
Them
Means
Four
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.
Evelyn Glennie
You
Strike
Shake
Rattle
Picked
Sound
Up
Just
Anything
Create
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
You
Conversation
Speak
Listening
Big
Exactly
One-On-One
Someone
Between
Suppose
Like
Know
How
Big Difference
Hear
Hearing
Listen
Difference
Mean
Play
Things
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
Angry
Losing
Become
Before
Beginning
Teen
Teen Years
Pretty
Angry Person
Because
Years
Hearing
Very
Quickly
Person
Getting
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
Evelyn Glennie
Amazing
Walk
Types
Kids
Tops
Spinning
Rattling
Instruments
Store
Little
Things
Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
Evelyn Glennie
Try
Seen
Everybody
Aim
Feed
Concerts
Real
Which
Event
I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.
Evelyn Glennie
Age
Become
Late
Musician
Until
Quite
Decide
Which
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
See
Percussion
Looked
Felt
Happened
Interesting
Asked
Lessons
Right
Playing
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
Think
Enough
Approach
Those
Musician
Would
See
Composer
Composers
Combine
Performer
Like
Pieces
Forces
Sound
Still
Lot
Lots
Lots And Lots
Commissioned
Creator
Player
Need
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
Evelyn Glennie
Ears
Touch
More
Could
Through
Hear
Hearing
Form
Body
Less
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
System
More
Allow
Simply
Support
Feel
Arm
Drum
Stick
Go
Hand
Effort
Just
Dynamic
Much
Less
Let Go
Suddenly
Last
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
Music
Future
You
Older
Musician
London
Know
Academy
Well
Accept
Deaf
Because
Said
Quite
Just
So-Called
Grew
Clue
Then
Royal
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 me.
Evelyn Glennie
Me
Privacy
Walk
Walls
Listening
Will
Own
Way
Seems
Allow
Never
Part
Performers
Piece
Audience
Tightrope
How
Huge
Huge Part
Form
Happen
Really
Your
Actually
Four
Plays
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
You
Out
Through
Nobody
Know
Instrument
Knows
Stick
Sound
Goes
Wherever
Then
Your
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.
Evelyn Glennie
Love
Myself
Me
Memories
People
Try
Plant
Rugged
Nice
Embrace
About
Beach
Rather
Am
Than
Sitting
Front
Getting
Where
Experiences
Holidays
Places
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