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I was born deaf. Sound never existed in my life, and this is completely normal to me.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's whole life is like I even mean just realizing what it is like for an instant.

The deaf community and the hearing community, there's not always a ton of interaction.

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.

There are two worlds: the deaf world and the hearing world. There are some people in the deaf community that feel that hearing people look down on us.

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.