Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.
"Early on I decided not to allow the     of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began      piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my     . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the     and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never      me. ”
“My      was to become a percussion soloist ,even though there were none at that time. To per-form, I      to ‘ hear’music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can      the pitch of a note(音调高低）by the vibrations(振动）I feel through my body and through my       My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every that I have.” “I was      to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had      this before and some teachers     my admission. Based on my performance, I was    admitted and went on to     with the academy's highest honours . ”
"After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I      and arranged a lot of musical compositions since      had been written specially for solo percussionists. ”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years.      the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't      that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be      by others. Follow your passion； follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. ”
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