People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.' - Yo-Yo Ma 1 Share Now -
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. - Yo-Yo Ma 2 Share Now -
Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world. - Yo-Yo Ma 3 Share Now -
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 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina. - Yo-Yo Ma 6 Share Now -
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 8 Share Now -
I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to be really careful. It takes patience and persistence to overcome injury. - Yo-Yo Ma 10 Share Now -
