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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.
- Kept
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've kept a diary since I was 11.
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I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
- Powerful
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My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
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I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.
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Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
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When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.
- Diary
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As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.
- Planet
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My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.
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A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
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There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170 pieces: that's still not enough, there are still lots and lots of composers I would like to approach. When I see a composer and I see a performer, I think to combine those forces.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
- Medicine
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music really is our daily medicine.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
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The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.
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- Nov 07, 2020
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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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
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