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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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.
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
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.
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.
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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.
