As musicians..

“We seem to have two jobs — to investigate and give credit to the past, on the one hand, and then to encourage new kinds of cultural development on the other. All cultures evolve. And since we’re more and more connected in this global world, we can’t say, well, we’ll keep something separate.” 

-Yoyo Ma

”..a single essentialized and static cultural identity cannot truly represent people of any ethnic background because we are all susceptible to multiple cultural influences, some that take precedence over others at different times of our lives..”

-Robin Kelly & Vijay Prashad