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List of Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 71 inspiring quotes by Yo-Yo Ma.

About Yo-Yo Ma

  • Born: October 7, 1955
  • Occupation: Cellist
    • There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. i'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.
    Kids Curious Charging
    We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.
    Age May Golden
    I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.
    Home Thinking Appreciate
    I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.
    Passion People Twins
    One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. i learned that there are two components to this.
    Years Two People
    As a musician i'm kind of nomadic, waldo-like. i show up in different places, and i'm witness to unbelievable things.
    Musician Different Unbelievable Things
    This middle age thing is a little weird. some friends and mentors are gone, and there's a very forward-looking new generation coming up behind me. so it's very much finding my own place.
    Mentor Age Generations
    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.
    Children Analysis Way
    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.
    Chinese Different Speak
    After reaching 50, i began to wonder what the root of life is.
    Roots Wonder Life Is
    My teacher, my great cello teacher leonard rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. but i grew up not only admiring him, but obviously casals, rostrotovich, jacqueline du pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.
    Teacher Men Rose
    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.
    Thinking People Age
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