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My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any kind of soft or mournful music with that so I took up the fiddle in my late 20s or early 30s - and that was far too late. But it keeps me off the streets. It has been a love of mine since I was 17 maybe. ↗

— Brendan Gleeson

#banjo #been #down #early #far

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough. ↗

— Domhnall Gleeson

#audition #getting #into #just #little

A bicycle has transformed my experience of London. ↗

— Iain Glen

#experience #london #transformed

The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise. ↗

— Parris Glendening

#bottom line #could #done #exercise #help

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. ↗

— John Glenn

#century #day #managed #quarter

A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#been #collaborating #commissioned #composers #i

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#fonda #getting #henry #henry fonda #out

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

#accept #auditioned #because #clue #deaf

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

#anyway #asset #assumed #because #expected

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

#communication #deeper #far #good #interesting