More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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.
Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.
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.
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.
When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.
I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
