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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.
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.
Perfection is not very communicative
Nobody else can make the sound you make.
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.
I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.
