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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Nobody else can make the sound you make.
The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately you have to find your own voice.
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.
Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.
Perfection is not very communicative
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 have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.
