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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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.
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.
Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.
Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.
Perfection is not very communicative
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
Nobody else can make the sound you make.
