Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

Celebration is a kind of food we all need in our lives, and each individual brings a special recipe or offering, so that together we will make a great feast. Celebration is a human need that we must not, and can not, deny. It is richer and fuller when many work and then celebrate together.

There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down, gather at home plate, hugging, and it's not just because they're winning, it's that shared moment, that feeling of - we enter the world alone, we leave alone.

To eat together is one of the greatest promoters of intimacy. It is the satisfaction in common of a material necessity of existence, and if you seek a loftier meaning in it, it is a communion.

You can't hate the person next to you when you're laughing and dancing together.

The food of a country is my story. It is a small story, but people relate so much to it. I want to share that, but also the idea of bringing people and family together.

We hunger for connection to a larger community.

The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience of communion.

I love that music will bring people together, because the world is full of negativity.

You bring people together with food. You connect them and tie the fabric of society together through food.

I always wanted to be a chef. Flavors and food were always of interest to me, but it was how those things brought friends and family together to celebrate not only the special occasions but everyday life. It has been a blessing that I have been able to pursue a career that creates a product that brings people together.

The thing that's great about singing together is it's a great way of bringing people together.

I want our fans to feel like I'm here with them. We're here together. We're going to lose together. We're going to win together.

The music is really about sharing an experience. That's why we call it Stay Human. It's like we're sharing this genuine human exchange.

It's cool to be able to use comedy as a way to make people feel like they're a part of a bigger collective rather than as a way to divide.

Music is a tool that brings people together.

I think with the right person and the right music, people from all walks of life can come together. I know that's what my life was about. I've seen it all, so that's what I want to bring to the table.

When the lights go down, that's 30,000 peoples lives colliding. Everyone there working is working for that moment, everyone watching is watching for that moment. It's when you're all in agreement about what you're all doing so it's a wonderful feeling of togetherness and possibility.

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.

When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to bring people together. Other times, it just takes music.

I am no longer a shuddering speck of existence, alone in the darkness;--I belong to them and they to me; we all share the same fear and the same life...I could bury my face in them, in these voices, these words that have saved me and will stand by me.

Maybe there's a way to keep us in this moment. Not the sad part. But the coming together part.

Dancing is such a community feeling.

Pain shared, my brother, is pain not doubled but halved. No man is an island