"I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home."
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"Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that.“
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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