Evelyn Glennie

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone. ”

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. ”

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience. ”

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

Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts. ”

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

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