What is Music for You?

Kanae Matsumoto Giampietro
Jan 15
1 min read

"Music is energy. Period. It's just energy. Music is energy and We are energy, and you can never destroy energy - Einstein says that. So it's a part of us. It is a part of all of us.

Interview with Yo-Yo Ma, in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, January 13, 2026

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