"He has done everything you can do with a cello except climb inside and ride it over Niagara Falls. But you know that if he ever did, he would totally redefine our preconceived notions of what it can sound like to plunge to your death in a cello."

— Stephen Colbert, introducing the tribute to Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors last night.

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