Evelyn Glennie Musician Quotations

I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.

Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

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.

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