“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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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.
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
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.