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Yo Yo Ma: I would never play for Trump, not even on his deathbed
Financial Times (Subscription) ^ | September 7, 2018 | Laura Battle

Posted on 09/08/2018 3:49:22 PM PDT by nwrep

But surely, I push him, Bach could give Trump a valuable lesson in humility; if he asked you to do a private performance . . . ? “Would I play for him on his deathbed? No,” Ma says. “I operate on the premise that absolutely anybody can change, and I also recognise that it’s possible that somebody may never change . . . I also think, just by observing the performance arts world, huge ego is very often matched by huge insecurity.”

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: commie; donaldtrump; trump; yoyoma
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To: nwrep

Like anyone would want to hurry up and die if he did.


81 posted on 09/08/2018 5:12:08 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: nwrep

I will never read an article in Financial Times. Not even on their death bed.


82 posted on 09/08/2018 5:12:37 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: LeoTDB69

(Snicker, Snicker!)


83 posted on 09/08/2018 5:14:22 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: SkyDancer

Well stated.


84 posted on 09/08/2018 5:16:58 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

I doubt someone on their deathbed would even want some fag hip hopper in their room.


85 posted on 09/08/2018 5:17:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: nwrep

Hey JackAss, Shut-Up!


86 posted on 09/08/2018 5:29:59 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: nwrep

Yo mama, Yo Yo Ma


87 posted on 09/08/2018 5:33:07 PM PDT by chuckee (extended beyond the time)
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To: chuckee

I’m sure that’ll teach Trump


88 posted on 09/08/2018 5:44:35 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: nwrep


"Yo yo...MAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

89 posted on 09/08/2018 5:56:16 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: nwrep

It’s yo yo loss.


90 posted on 09/08/2018 6:00:02 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: nwrep

Yo Yo Ma has shamed himself professionally and as a person.


91 posted on 09/08/2018 6:03:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nwrep

[Cory] Booker Cello Suite No. 1 - performed here by world-famous cellist, Yo Yo Mouse...


       

92 posted on 09/08/2018 6:05:17 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: nwrep

While I do have a selection of classical music on my iphone none of it is yo yo music. If I was to entertain the notion of adding any to my collection this little rant extinguished any desire to do so til the day I die. New rule...No Yo Yos.


93 posted on 09/08/2018 6:14:12 PM PDT by xp38
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To: nwrep

I’m familiar with Mr. Ma in a basic way. I’ve heard some of his collaborations with other classic or folk artists.
I am disappointed, but not terribly bothered by it.
I’ve never expected much from him anyway.
Obviously, even at his stature of accomplishment, Mr. Ma remains insecure and needy for peer acceptance.


94 posted on 09/08/2018 6:34:11 PM PDT by lee martell (AT)
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To: nwrep

Yo Yo Who!!!


95 posted on 09/08/2018 6:44:07 PM PDT by ontap
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To: ontap
Brahms: Cello Sonata in F, Op. 99

Yo-Yo Ma and Emmanuel Ax live in Japan in 1989.

96 posted on 09/08/2018 6:51:38 PM PDT by Publius
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Yo Yo Ma: I would never play for Trump, not even on his deathbed

Dear Yo-yo,
Sorry to hear that you aren't getting as many gigs as you used to, and need the publicity.
If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion that may be of help?

If you were to just send a copy of your invitation to the White House dated any time after Jan 20, 2017, and of your Virtue-signalling response, declining, to the New York Times, the publicity bomb would be spectacular!

97 posted on 09/08/2018 7:00:32 PM PDT by publius911 (Rule by Fiat-Obama's a Phone and a Pen)
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To: nwrep

Deleting Yo-yo from my iTunes.


98 posted on 09/08/2018 7:02:08 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: nwrep

What a hateful weasel


99 posted on 09/08/2018 7:02:59 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Publius

LOL!!! I know who the asshole is....just my way of saying who gives a crap what he thinks and why would he think a president of the US would invite him to play!!!


100 posted on 09/08/2018 7:23:13 PM PDT by ontap
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