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.

Quote by Yo-Yo Ma

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

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

One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea...

One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea...

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally...

It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally...

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many...

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many...

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's...

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's...

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another...

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another...

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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.

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact...

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact...

I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I...

I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I...

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to...

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to...

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot...

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot...

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

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

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak...

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak...

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I...

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I...

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying...

I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying...