Yo-Yo Ma

He started a children's orchestra in New York. And he was just a really brilliant teacher, but irascible. And I had a mother who was... who loved music, who was a singer, who actually loved to be moved by music. So I had both the head and heart sort of thing from either parent. And I think there was a lot of emphasis on trying to get things right consistently. So I had fantastic training.

I had fantastic ear training. But... Did I know why I was doing something or what it was about? I think it was after I went away to summer camp and especially to college where whatever I was doing and that I was passionate about was matched easily by my peer group being interested in their passions. And suddenly the world opened up.

I had fantastic ear training. But... Did I know why I was doing something or what it was about? I think it was after I went away to summer camp and especially to college where whatever I was doing and that I was passionate about was matched easily by my peer group being interested in their passions. And suddenly the world opened up.

I had fantastic ear training. But... Did I know why I was doing something or what it was about? I think it was after I went away to summer camp and especially to college where whatever I was doing and that I was passionate about was matched easily by my peer group being interested in their passions. And suddenly the world opened up.

What was a kind of like a, you know, a uni world, a sort of hothouse atmosphere kind of world, opened up to sort of my, gosh, all this stuff.

What was a kind of like a, you know, a uni world, a sort of hothouse atmosphere kind of world, opened up to sort of my, gosh, all this stuff.

What was a kind of like a, you know, a uni world, a sort of hothouse atmosphere kind of world, opened up to sort of my, gosh, all this stuff.

I am living my best childhood right now.

I am living my best childhood right now.

I am living my best childhood right now.

I'm still disciplined.

I'm still disciplined.

I'm still disciplined.

Yes, of course. I'm rebelling against people doing things and not knowing why they're doing it. I'm rebelling against people saying this is the only way to go. I'm rebelling against people saying this is right and this is wrong without ever explaining why.

Yes, of course. I'm rebelling against people doing things and not knowing why they're doing it. I'm rebelling against people saying this is the only way to go. I'm rebelling against people saying this is right and this is wrong without ever explaining why.

Yes, of course. I'm rebelling against people doing things and not knowing why they're doing it. I'm rebelling against people saying this is the only way to go. I'm rebelling against people saying this is right and this is wrong without ever explaining why.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Absolutely, absolutely.