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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.
I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.
Perfection is not very communicative
