Mandy Harvey

When I’m playing with my band, I designate different parts to feel different things. The bass pounds in your chest when you go to a concert. It almost replaces your heartbeat. Then the drums you feel on the floor."

I wanted to show that even if you fail, you have the ability to pick yourself up off the floor and try again. I wanted to show a different side of what a disability looks like to highlight all the invisible ones.

When I was losing my hearing, we had to buy hearing aids and they were incredibly expensive. It was a huge financial situation.

I miss the common things, the things that used to really annoy me, like an alarm clock. The sound of your zipper as your fly is being pulled up so that you know it actually is up. The sound of the door as it closes, to know that it's really shut.

I’m not scared to sing songs. I’m not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

TV has been so far outside my comfort zone.

You can feel the drums, and you can feel the bass. So, being able to feel the music through the floor, it makes me feel like I'm a part of the band and not just the only person in the room who doesn't really understand what's going on.

I was a shy child. I had anxiety. I used to cry when I had to give a presentation.

The thing I love about music... you can close your eyes and be transported back to a memory or a dream or a feeling.

I'm not a story; I'm a person, and my passion is music. And I want your passion to be my music - so, judge me on my music.

I am an ambassador for a nonprofit organization and I love being able to help people crush their barriers. I recently wrote a book. I want to do more with my life and help people do more with their lives, whatever that looks like.

I really hope my music and my life can help encourage people not to give up.