I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

Music really is our daily medicine.

Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

Scotland has never ceased to amaze the world with its forward vision, bold action and great educational institutions. Nothing makes me more proud than to promote this wonderful land with all its richness and diversity wherever I go.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

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