Evelyn Glennie Quotes

I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.

I count all the time on resonance. I call on this, you see.

When I open my mouth, the room rings.

Sounds always fascinated me.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

As a guitar player, playing instrumental music is a blast.

I have a real love of sound and the shape of the sound. I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff.

For echo is the soul of the voice exciting itself in hollow places.

I don't mind playing my music live. It's fun. But what my real passion is is writing music.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.

I think that those moments before a performer plays are the moments when the potential for something to be created may - or may not - arrive.

Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.

Since I was a little child, I always wanted to do music. That was my passion.

When you sit down and see someone play at a piano, you don't think, 'Wow - what a fantastic machine.'

I really like the art of music, the way that you can express yourself through music.

Music is where I'm still. It's where I'm focused. It's such a joy. I'd like to make it a big part of my life.

I used to play the drums when I was, like, 5 through 10.

If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music.

To stand out, I just use my talents. I rap, and I sing as well. With that being said, people kind of know me for bringing that emotion in music.

I also think something that makes the whole live performance fun for me is that I love my music.

There was never an 'a-ha' moment when a spider bit me and I knew I could write songs. For that reason, I don't know if I'm always going to be able to. I want to write songs forever, but it's an elusive thing.

Music has always been an important part of my life.

Making music all the time was my dream.

I always wanted to be a composer, and I sort of went in to NYU as pre-med because I just thought, 'Well... who actually becomes a composer?'

I'm always writing music.