Yo-Yo Ma

And we may know that song partly because of Appalachian Spring and then went back to saying, oh yeah, that's a Shaker Song, right? Amazing Grace. It's a song that's been spiritual adapted from actually not a very religious person who wrote this, but he was in a storm and he survived and then became very religious. And there's a long story to that. And of course, today,

And we may know that song partly because of Appalachian Spring and then went back to saying, oh yeah, that's a Shaker Song, right? Amazing Grace. It's a song that's been spiritual adapted from actually not a very religious person who wrote this, but he was in a storm and he survived and then became very religious. And there's a long story to that. And of course, today,

Amazing Grace has so many places where it is, you know, core music for many social human occasions.

Amazing Grace has so many places where it is, you know, core music for many social human occasions.

Amazing Grace has so many places where it is, you know, core music for many social human occasions.

Dvorak, had he not come to America, had he not met Harry Burleigh, who introduced him to spirituals, and Dvorak, upon hearing Harry Burleigh's voice and became friends with him, just showed him all of this music and said, you know, this African-American music, spirituals, is as great as any music I've ever heard. This is the soul of America.

Dvorak, had he not come to America, had he not met Harry Burleigh, who introduced him to spirituals, and Dvorak, upon hearing Harry Burleigh's voice and became friends with him, just showed him all of this music and said, you know, this African-American music, spirituals, is as great as any music I've ever heard. This is the soul of America.

Dvorak, had he not come to America, had he not met Harry Burleigh, who introduced him to spirituals, and Dvorak, upon hearing Harry Burleigh's voice and became friends with him, just showed him all of this music and said, you know, this African-American music, spirituals, is as great as any music I've ever heard. This is the soul of America.

So Dvorak was hired by Mrs. Thurber to come to the United States to be the head of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City for a number of years. He stayed only about three years. And during this time, he taught. He taught Harry Burleigh. He taught many students. And he told the students what? He said to them, don't teach like me. Don't compose like me. Don't imitate me.

So Dvorak was hired by Mrs. Thurber to come to the United States to be the head of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City for a number of years. He stayed only about three years. And during this time, he taught. He taught Harry Burleigh. He taught many students. And he told the students what? He said to them, don't teach like me. Don't compose like me. Don't imitate me.

So Dvorak was hired by Mrs. Thurber to come to the United States to be the head of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City for a number of years. He stayed only about three years. And during this time, he taught. He taught Harry Burleigh. He taught many students. And he told the students what? He said to them, don't teach like me. Don't compose like me. Don't imitate me.

But listen to what's around you. Listen to the music of immigrants. Listen to African-American music and the Native American music. He traveled to find all of this. He said, this is where you're going to find the soul of America. And his students taught their students that way, and they became George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington.

But listen to what's around you. Listen to the music of immigrants. Listen to African-American music and the Native American music. He traveled to find all of this. He said, this is where you're going to find the soul of America. And his students taught their students that way, and they became George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington.

But listen to what's around you. Listen to the music of immigrants. Listen to African-American music and the Native American music. He traveled to find all of this. He said, this is where you're going to find the soul of America. And his students taught their students that way, and they became George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington.

I think, to me, that's been my experience of your approach over the last 40 years.

I think, to me, that's been my experience of your approach over the last 40 years.

I think, to me, that's been my experience of your approach over the last 40 years.

Thank you. No, seriously. Because I was going to ask you, how do you deal with burnout? How does anybody who does things for four decades... avoid the trap of saying, okay, I'm caught in a rut. How do you rejuvenate, regenerate, and constantly be curious and active and do your best? I try and forgive myself because I don't want to be neurotic.

Thank you. No, seriously. Because I was going to ask you, how do you deal with burnout? How does anybody who does things for four decades... avoid the trap of saying, okay, I'm caught in a rut. How do you rejuvenate, regenerate, and constantly be curious and active and do your best? I try and forgive myself because I don't want to be neurotic.

Thank you. No, seriously. Because I was going to ask you, how do you deal with burnout? How does anybody who does things for four decades... avoid the trap of saying, okay, I'm caught in a rut. How do you rejuvenate, regenerate, and constantly be curious and active and do your best? I try and forgive myself because I don't want to be neurotic.