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Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Good things happen when you meet strangers Picture Quote #1

Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights Picture Quote #1

I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well Picture Quote #1

Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 world, at least to a certain depth Picture Quote #1

The thing that I’ve always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing Picture Quote #1

You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year’s answer might not do for another Picture Quote #1

Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I’m sure of this; I’ve always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence Picture Quote #1

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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial Picture Quote #1

In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we’re communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It’s not about proving anything. It’s about sharing something Picture Quote #1

Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust Picture Quote #1

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 it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It’s one fantastic game Picture Quote #1

My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it’s memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there’s really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter Picture Quote #1

There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That’s part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it Picture Quote #1

There’s a part of me that’s always charging ahead. I’m the curious kid, always going to the edge Picture Quote #1

People will ask, ‘Are you famous?’ And I always answer, ‘My mother thinks so.’ Picture Quote #1

Once something is memorable, it’s living and you’re using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society Picture Quote #1

Music is powered by ideas. If you don’t have clarity of ideas, you’re just communicating sheer sound Picture Quote #1

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As a musician I’m kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I’m witness to unbelievable things Picture Quote #1

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it’s to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it’s well-received and lives in somebody else Picture Quote #1

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators Picture Quote #1

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician Picture Quote #1

I’m not likely to forget where I’ve been and what I’ve done and learned. I think it’s just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful Picture Quote #1

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there’s got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you’re at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together Picture Quote #1

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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 (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Good things happen when you meet strangers (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) 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 (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) 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 world, at least to a certain depth (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) The thing that I’ve always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year’s answer might not do for another (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it longer in time. I’m sure of this; I’ve always thought the sound that you make is just the tip of the iceberg, like the person that you see physically is just the tip of the iceberg as well (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) 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 (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) It’s easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we’re communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It’s not about proving anything. It’s about sharing something (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) 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 it not there? Is it this note? Is it not this note? It’s one fantastic game (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it’s memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there’s really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter. (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That’s part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) There’s a part of me that’s always charging ahead. I’m the curious kid, always going to the edge (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) People will ask, ‘Are you famous?’ And I always answer, ‘My mother thinks so.’ (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Once something is memorable, it’s living and you’re using it. That to me is the foundation of a creative society (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Music is powered by ideas. If you don’t have clarity of ideas, you’re just communicating sheer sound (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) As a musician I’m kind of nomadic, Waldo-like. I show up in different places, and I’m witness to unbelievable things (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it’s to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it’s well-received and lives in somebody else (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) I’m not likely to forget where I’ve been and what I’ve done and learned. I think it’s just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes) Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there’s got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you’re at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together (Yo-Yo Ma Quotes)

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