#thin

I don't think about what other people want from me. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#i #me #other #people #think

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable. ↗

— Jackie Gleason

#beautiful #fat #people #thin

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#another #come #criticised #high #high profile

Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mind. And knowing that the job you are about to take on is the right thing to do, that it makes sense. ↗

— Paul Gleason

#call #certain #confidence #foremost #job

A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated. ↗

— Iain Glen

#big #big budget #budget #complicated #create

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

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

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#bands #blood #challenge #composers #drum

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#esteemed #himself #imagines #more #much

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