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Composer Quote by Yo-Yo Ma

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“Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.”

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With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.

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When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

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It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed…

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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you…

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You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.

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When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.

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Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will…

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