"When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right."

-- Evelyn Glennie

#Interesting Quotes #Lessons Quotes #Percussion Quotes

“Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.”

Source : Andrew Pyper (2013). “Lost Girls: A Novel”, p.431, Simon and Schuster
“I've found music over the course of my life is slightly more astoundingly inspiring than great cinema”
“I think a lot of us who had these oddly shaped childhoods, in some ways we're hyper-capable. We're able to take care of ourselves in a lot of ways but it's like we're missing a piece. When everyone went to school to learn how to be a regular person we were sick that day. We compensate other ways. Alcohol and drugs is one of those ways. Instead of learning how to cope with our problems and deal with hardship and deal with anger, we just decide to get drunk and not care.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“And when you're poor, you grow up fast.”
“A mistake is an event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage.”
“I love working in Texas anywhere.”
“There are some decisions in life that only you can make.”
“Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not stopped by risks. Supposed a great person takes the risk and fails. Then the person must try again. You cannot fail forever. If you try ten times, you have a better chance of making it on the eleventh try than if you didn't try at all.”

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