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.
Yo-Yo MaThe tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.
Yo-Yo MaThe tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
Yo-Yo MaOur cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
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