Top 52 Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma

About Yo-Yo Ma

These are some quotes by American author Yo-Yo Ma Musician, who was born on October 7, 1955.

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.

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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.

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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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.

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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.

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I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.

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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.

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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.

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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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.

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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 be just a few minutes.

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

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What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.

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