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One Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
- 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…
- Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.
- I want to investigate different cultures, to see how their identities and values affect their music. It's one way I can get to know our…
- I don't always have a five-year plan. One thing you must do in life is keep your learning curve as high as possible.
- One of the things I love about music is live performance.
- One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign…
- I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
- Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
- With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.
- You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
- As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted by recognizing something. It's like hide and seek. Is it there? Is…
- One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year…
- One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a…
- I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so…
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