Evelyn Glennie

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#country #digest #experience #explore #how

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#climbed #function #i #instruments #last

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

— Evelyn Glennie

#ear #huge #like #simple

The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#amazing #being #body #choice #continually

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#concerto #eminem #explore #i #like

What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#i #music #musician

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

#felt #happened #i #interesting #lessons

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

#instrument #know #knows #nobody #out