I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I hav...
YO-YO MA One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that...
YO-YO MA I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both...
YO-YO MA Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. S...
YO-YO MA Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating she...
YO-YO MA I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel tha...
YO-YO MA But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our i...
YO-YO MA I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
YO-YO MA Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of ...
YO-YO MA There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to ...
YO-YO MA When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the ric...
YO-YO MA What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm...
YO-YO MA I realized late in life that my twin passions are music and people.
YO-YO MA As a child, you respond physically, tactically. You're delighted by sound, you're delighted ...
YO-YO MA It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. ...
YO-YO MA I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've g...
YO-YO MA I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the wor...
YO-YO MA When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lif...
YO-YO MA My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very p...
YO-YO MA As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has it...
YO-YO MA I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A co...
YO-YO MA Sound is ephemeral, fleeting, but some sort of a physical manifestation can help you hold on to it l...
YO-YO MA Good things happen when you meet strangers.
YO-YO MA You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not...
YO-YO MA Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about somethi...
YO-YO MA Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been inf...
YO-YO MA There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical in...
YO-YO MA The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music o...
YO-YO MA Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of fa...
YO-YO MA The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social int...
YO-YO MA A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music...
YO-YO MA One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - dire...
YO-YO MA Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mong...
YO-YO MA The Silk Road is far more than a historic trading route that connected the people and traditions of ...
YO-YO MA Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without caref...
YO-YO MA When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives. The Silk Road p...
YO-YO MA Our (nation's) cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and exp...
YO-YO MA From the sight-reading abilities of the students who came to the [reading sessions], 95% of whom wer...
YO-YO MA Early on he was thinking somehow in the recesses of his mind that 'Hey, maybe we should do that,' an...
YO-YO MA He made a score that in some ways is very spare, which fits with the period that is represented in t...
YO-YO MA It was just so sweet. It was personally sweet but what he did was actually emotionally right, for th...
YO-YO MA Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it al...
YO-YO MA I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it'...
YO-YO MA She had been defeated by herself alone, and the sadness of it left a dark shadow in her heart. It fu...
YO YO I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't ...
NE-YO I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.
NE-YO For my prom, I wore a white suit with a burgundy shirt, tie and cummerbund, along with white shoes, ...
NE-YO I want to connect with my fans the way Mary J. Blige's fans connect with her.
NE-YO Who directed the video 'No More Drama' for Mary J. Blige. I was actually kickin' with J....
NE-YO I'm a fan of FKA Twigs, The Weeknd. I love that kind of ambient R&B. I feel like it's ju...
NE-YO When 'Red Tails' came along, all I knew was that they were the first African-American fighte...
NE-YO Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner stor...
NE-YO I know everyone says attention spans are shorter now, and if you can't get them in the first 20 ...
NE-YO I've never viewed myself as above anybody else or anything like that. I'm a regular guy at t...
NE-YO That has been everybody's challenge, above the dancing, the singing, the lines: getting into who...
NE-YO There's no recreating what Michael Jackson and Diana Ross did in 'The Wiz'. We're tr...
NE-YO I have my diehard R&B fans on one side of the spectrum and my diehard pop and dance fans on the ...
NE-YO I'm not a natural. I had to teach myself - or be taught - everything I do. I just spent hours an...
NE-YO Early inspirations included Michael Jackson, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Lio...
NE-YO Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good.
NE-YO Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, i...
NE-YO I'm a rather multifaceted person - or at least I like to fashion myself as such - so my dreams a...
NE-YO I would've given my right arm to do something on the 'Ray' film, the movie about Ray Cha...
NE-YO I'm a movement by myself, but I'm a force when we're together.
NE-YO Chimere's not mine. That hurt 'cause I had attached myself to this guy, you know. This is my...
NE-YO So it's over. He's with someone else and you know her. And you just cant get any lower. Sit in the d...
NE-YO Growing up in Vegas, over time you get to see shows like Tom Jones, Wayne Newton, I mean, The Rat Pa...
NE-YO I'm trying to escape the shackles of a pen and a pad. I've sat in sessions with Jay-Z where ...
NE-YO 'Stomp the Yard' was a great film. It was a great film, great opportunity. It's the reas...
NE-YO My initial attraction to 'Red Tails' was the opportunity to play a character that was not me...
NE-YO For starters, I wanted to do an acting role in a movie that had nothing to do with the music busines...
NE-YO Guilty pleasure implies that it's something that I feel guilty for watching... people tell me I ...
NE-YO I wrote a song that basically turned into a public service announcement for the fellas out there, li...
NE-YO Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incre...
MA LONG If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confide...
JACK MA I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to ...
JACK MA Trade is a communication of cultures and values.
JACK MA I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we ha...
JACK MA If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Wh...
JACK MA The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay atte...
JACK MA As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.
JACK MA I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
JACK MA Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is...
JACK MA Our philosophy is that we want to be an ecosystem. Our philosophy is to empower others to sell, empo...
JACK MA You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.
JACK MA If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life.
JACK MA I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city'...
JACK MA I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have ...
JACK MA I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've ...
JACK MA Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So wh...
JACK MA The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have v...
JACK MA I have to throw off the burden and the pressure.
MA LONG I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
MA LONG I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
MA LONG I just want to do my job.
MA LONG I am very glad not only to complete the grand slam, but to become Olympic champion alone makes me ha...
MA LONG It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like ...
MA LONG To win a gold medal at Olympic Games has long been my dream ever since I started my career as a tabl...
MA LONG No matter who I meet, I won't have any pressure.
MA LONG We are a motivated team, and there is nothing that can stop us from winning the title. Even if I had...
MA LONG This gold medal, to me, is a very good outcome from the many years I've spent on my professional...
MA LONG With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. How...
MA JUN Like in those cancer villages, a group of old ladies kneeling down in front of me, you know, holding...
MA JUN Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expen...
MA JUN Some of the areas in China have been under very grave water scarcity: for example, the north China p...
MA JUN I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leve...
MA JUN Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.
MA JUN At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
MA JUN I hope to see an integrated solution created to deal with both the local pollution problem and the g...
MA JUN Brands who come to China, often they just care about price - so they actually drive the suppliers to...
MA JUN No matter how rich you are, you can't get healthy air.
MA JUN The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental l...
MA JUN The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking w...
MA JUN Of course, as consumers, we want cheap and good products; however, if these production processes are...
MA JUN China leads the world in energy consumption, carbon emissions, and the release of major air and wate...
MA JUN It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to th...
MA JUN When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or mon...
MA JUN There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.
MA JUN If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this ...
MA JUN Globalisation has powered economic growth in developing countries such as China. Global logistics, l...
MA JUN Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
MA JIAN I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
MA JIAN China is completely lacking in self-awareness and as someone who has stepped outside that society, I...
MA JIAN I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
MA JIAN Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searc...
MA JIAN Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
MA JIAN I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for them...
MA JIAN 'Three Kingdoms' gives you a panoply of different routes; everyone can find their own path. ...
MA JIAN I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
MA JIAN While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door...
MA JIAN The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of i...
MA JIAN In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about th...
MA JIAN I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.
MA JIAN My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech...
MA JIAN Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
MA JIAN When the written and spoken word is censored, the urban landscape becomes a nation's only physic...
MA JIAN I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
MA JIAN I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can...
MA JIAN After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist t...
MA JIAN To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their ...
MA JIAN Whatever China I'd been born into, I would probably still have become a painter - I loved sketch...
MA JIAN In 1989, I was on Tiananmen Square with the students, living in their makeshift tents and joining th...
MA JIAN When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
MA JIAN On all open platforms, regardless of whether it's Facebook or the Apple App Store, the largest s...
MA HUATENG A Central Bank official said that Q-coin did not affect the renminbi; it adds vibrancy to the econom...
MA HUATENG It's difficult for any single company to develop all the applications and services.
MA HUATENG I think Steve Jobs is my idol.
MA HUATENG My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
MA HUATENG Look at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook. They have all entered many sectors, and actually, in many o...
MA HUATENG If you ask me what I worry about every morning when I wake up, it's that I don't understand ...
MA HUATENG I think every Internet user likes personalization.
MA HUATENG In America, when you bring an idea to market, you usually have several months before competition pop...
MA HUATENG At Tencent, we may be businessmen, but we are still chasing our IT, our science. We are still strivi...
MA HUATENG You need to have extraordinary wisdom to be the forerunner.
MA HUATENG The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
MA HUATENG Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is...
MA HUATENG There should be order if the development of the cyber world is to be sustainable.
MA HUATENG I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by i...
JACK MA What kind of business world are we living in?
JACK MA I don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kin...
JACK MA The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. The best leaders of all, the people know not they ...
MA-TSU The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.
MA-TSU Pollution is a serious one. Water pollution, air pollution, and then solid hazardous waste pollution...
MA JUN Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon.
JACK MA I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal peop...
JACK MA We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, ...
JACK MA I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happ...
JACK MA Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a...
MA JIAN My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure mo...
JACK MA Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
JACK MA The very important thing you should have is patience.
JACK MA The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
JACK MA Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds...
JACK MA Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can...
MA JUN Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
JACK MA When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
JACK MA As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I wa...
JACK MA People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come ou...
MA JUN We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participatio...
MA JUN Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing ...
JACK MA Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department ...
JACK MA I think I'm the greatest chick in the game, and I expect all the others to feel the same way. If...
REMY MA The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are...
JACK MA I'll talk all this craziness in my music, but when I have your attention, and you're listeni...
REMY MA Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. I...
MA JUN Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of en...
MA JUN When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
MA HUATENG Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
MA LONG I didn't have any look or any style in prison. Your footwear couldn't cost more than $50. Yo...
REMY MA In the future, officials will feel more pressure to protect the environment. But how to assess the o...
MA JUN Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its ...
JACK MA The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debat...
MA JIAN My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and ...
JACK MA I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home...
JACK MA There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a...
JACK MA It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China fr...
MA JIAN I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't...
JACK MA When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making ...
JACK MA There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understa...
JACK MA What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclu...
JACK MA