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The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#beautiful #big #create #emotions #king

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

— Evelyn Glennie

#apart #basically #followed #i #influenced

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#angry person #because #become #before #beginning

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. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#big #big difference #conversation #difference #exactly

As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#diary #full #healthier #keep #live

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#concerts #event #everybody #feed #real

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#between #expose #help #i #i can

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#cannot #five #four #may #means

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#cowards #endure #even #hardship #only

The auto industry is standing today. The middle class is standing today. Ohio is standing today. America is standing strong today. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#auto #auto industry #class #industry #middle