Once you're in a particular country, and you're surrounded by musicians who are so adept at traditional music, you suddenly realize how much there is to explore and digest and learn and experience.

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

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.

Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Music really is our daily medicine.

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