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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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.
Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.
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.
I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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.
Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
