Scottish - Musician | July 19, 1965 -
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
Evelyn Glennie
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I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.
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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.
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Music really is our daily medicine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
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Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
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I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.
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