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"Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that."

Evelyn Glennie on Communication

More quotes about Communication

  • "A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."

    Mark Twain on Communication

  • "Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good."

    Lao Tzu on Communication

  • "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."

    George Bernard Shaw on Communication

  • "Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true."

    Charles Dickens on Communication

  • "I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in."

    Bill Gates on Communication

More quotes by Evelyn Glennie

  • "I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops."

  • "The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve."

  • "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."

  • "Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone."

  • "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."

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