A Large Part Of My Work Has

Hearing Is A Form Of Touch. I Could Hear Less Through The Ears But More Through The Body.

I Like The Sparkle Of The Vibraphone.

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.

I Am Really Quite Fascinated By Echo-locating Bats And Dolphins And Have Always Wondered How Sound Affects The Unconscious Brain.

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.