I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

The human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.

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 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.

I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.