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Quote by Yo-Yo Ma
The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution.

The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, its to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure its well-received and lives in somebody else. – Yo-Yo Ma

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Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then theres got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when youre at the edge, you have to go forward or backward if you go forward, you have to jump together. – Yo-Yo Ma

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