In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we're communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It's not about proving anything. It's about sharing something.

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Nobody else can make the sound you make.

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When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

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Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

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Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

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A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage.

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Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

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