More From Yo-Yo Ma
- "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."
- "I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That’s the same view I have for performing. I’m performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home."
- "I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial."
More In Family
- "Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society."― Marian Wright Edelman
- "For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else."― Mitt Romney
- "I’m a Republican. I don’t want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat."― T. Boone Pickens