"I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment."

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Yo-Yo Ma

#Thinking Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Alive Quotes

“The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.”
“I want to become a person that is frank and pure with a healthy energy, a person with an unpredictable charm who acts accordingly regardless of what clothes I'm put in.”
“I think that the early feminism at least overlooked the fact that partnership and children can provide happiness. It isn't the only way but for very many people it is the most important way.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“If you can't find what's unique, people aren't going to listen.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“For such a small man Maradona gets great elevation on his balls”
“Everybody's got to do something... I'd been on my own since an early age and I thought I better find something to do to buy biscuits and stuff. From high school onwards I was earning my way with photography, one way or another, working in darkrooms and taking pictures of weddings, neighbors' children and so on.”
“These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.”

Source : "Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.

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