Evelyn Glennie

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I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that.

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

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

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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.

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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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