Mandy Harvey Quotes

American - Musician January 2, 1988

If I take back any of the bumps, bruises or scrapes I’ve been through. I wouldn’t be the same person.

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I really wanted to change the idea of what is possible and to show that 'deaf can' and what better place to do that than on national television?

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My touring band, they're just brilliant, and all of them are learning ASL, so the wall of communication is breaking.

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There have been a couple of times I've started the song in the wrong key. We stop the song, we all laugh together and we start the song again, and we go for it.

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I really hope my music and my life can help encourage people not to give up.

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I don't need pity. I want to be looked at like a musician, because I am one. I happen to be deaf.

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I grew up with hearing, so I have a really good understanding of music theory and the structure of music.

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I'm not a story; I'm a person, and my passion is music. And I want your passion to be my music - so, judge me on my music.

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It's just I do things differently and I want people to appreciate music for what it is, and not because of a story.

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I grew up listening to the 60’s and 70’s... storytellers and poets.

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When I was losing my hearing, we had to buy hearing aids and they were incredibly expensive. It was a huge financial situation.

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I use the aid of technology while running through songs. Visual tuners and feeling the vibrations through the floor to keep time.

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There is a lot of technology out there that can help people with hearing loss including wearable technology that vibrates.

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We need to work on creating a more inclusive music experience. I'm really so frustrated with going to festivals and there not being any closed captioning or interpreters.

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I was in Colorado for about 15 years but my family is all from Florida.

Family About Florida Years Colorado

TV has been so far outside my comfort zone.

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The thing I love about music... you can close your eyes and be transported back to a memory or a dream or a feeling.

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I was always a shy child and slightly hard of hearing, so music was my outlet.

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I started singing in a choir when I was 4 years old.

Singing Old Choir Years Started

I am not the performing type. I was the one who would cry, throw up or pass out.

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After I lost my hearing, I gave up.

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What I do is I get the sheet music and I put it out for myself and then I use a visual tuner to go through each note individually. And every time I make a mistake, I start the song over again, so I use the muscle memory of intervals and then watching that tuner, and then a lot of repetition.

I started writing music long after I lost my hearing.

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I was a shy child. I had anxiety. I used to cry when I had to give a presentation.

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I’m not scared to sing songs. I’m not scared to walk out the front door and make a mistake.

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