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Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1955

Topics

Music Ideas You Clarity Sound Just

I try to represent specific experiences of specific characters, and that's all I want to try to do. I don't ever try to think about representing a culture, because its impossible, and someone will fault you. And it just doesn't interest me.

Culture Me Impossible Think Someone

The question was, in a sense, at Princeton Review, how much value was I adding as a public company CEO. I was adding less than other people might've... I think you want to move on when you've given your best work and then feel that you're not going to add as much value moving forward.

Work Best Moving Forward Value Think

I don't expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, 'I love 'Drag Race,' and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.' Not necessarily an obvious crossover.

Love People Race Expect Got Obvious

It can be dangerous to be too content, especially at a club like Bayern, where there is so much competition for places.

Competition Dangerous Places Club

These kids are the future of the National Football League. They're the next generation that will be playing high school football, NCAA football, and some even to the pros.

Future Football School Generation

If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.

You Back Go Backwards Hiatus I Came

Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Guitar Fame Rock Roll Hall

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

Fear Men Influence View Resources

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings.

Better Lost Moral Sight Beat Even

I wrote my first book in fifth grade. It was about a dog that goes to outer space and is an ambassador for Earth.

Dog Space Book Earth First Goes

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

Desiderius Erasmus

Crime Oppression Who He Shares

I needed New Orleans so badly back in 2006, just somebody to believe in me, somebody to care about me.

Me Believe Care Back New Just

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