Evelyn Glennie Quotes

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.

Evelyn Glennie

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• 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.

  

  Evelyn Glennie
  • Beginning
  • Angry
  • Losing