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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." ~ Yo Yo Ma
2. "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." ~ Yo Yo Ma
3. "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
4. "The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina." ~ Yo Yo Ma
5. "After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is." ~ Yo Yo Ma
6. "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
7. "But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music." ~ Yo Yo Ma
8. "When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it." ~ Yo Yo Ma
9. "I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests." ~ Yo Yo Ma
10. "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
11. "I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people." ~ Yo Yo Ma
12. "Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also." ~ Yo Yo Ma
13. "Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound." ~ Yo Yo Ma
14. "My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture." ~ Yo Yo Ma
15. "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
16. "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

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