Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'

Yo-Yo Ma

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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.

M. Ward
- People
- Music
- Luxury
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

Wendell Berry
- People
- Day
- Justice
I want to do stories that really move me, that have an audience, and at the end of the day, I want people to feel something when they walk out of the cinema.

Garth Davis
- People
- Day
- End
I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.

Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
- People
- Model
- Illusion
My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.

B. B. King
- People
- Parents
- Dad
Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.

La'Porsha Renae
- People
- Up
- Music