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Yo-Yo Ma quotes: After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.

After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

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

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

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

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.

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: You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

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

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: One of the things I love about music is live performance.

One of the things I love about music is live performance.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Good things happen when you meet strangers.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Nobody else can make the sound you make.

Nobody else can make the sound you make.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Perfection is not very communicative

Perfection is not very communicative

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.

I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

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

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.

The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.

I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

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.

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: There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.

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: Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.

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.

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: I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.

I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling ... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

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

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.

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

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: When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.

When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

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

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

Yo-Yo Ma quotes: Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

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.

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

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