--- title: "1 Charging Quotes By Yo-Yo Ma" description: "1 Charging quotes by Yo-Yo Ma. Plus more from Yo-Yo Ma and more Charging sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/yo-yo-ma-8612_charging_there-s-a-part-of-me-that-s-always-charg_2833590.png" --- > [There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. I'm the curious kid, always going to the edge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/there-s-a-part-of-me-that-s-always-charging-ahead-i-m-the-curious-kid/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/yo-yo-ma-8612_charging_there-s-a-part-of-me-that-s-always-charg_2833590.png) ## More by Yo-Yo Ma > [With every year of playing, you want to relax one more muscle. Why? Because the more tense you are, the less you can hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/with-every-year-of-playing-you-want-to-relax-one-more-muscle-why/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/a-composition-is-always-more-than-the-sum-of-its-parts-in-other-words/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [Good things happen when you meet strangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/good-things-happen-when-you-meet-strangers/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/my-involvement-in-the-political-arena-is-to-make-sure-there-s-a-place/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/when-we-enlarge-our-view-of-the-world-we-deepen-our-understanding-of/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/people-will-ask-are-you-famous-and-i-always-answer-my-mother-thinks-so/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/i-remember-when-i-was-growing-up-my-great-wish-was-to-understand-who/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/it-took-me-way-beyond-what-i-knew-into-places-of-which-i-was-totally/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/one-is-that-you-have-to-take-time-lots-of-time-to-let-an-idea-grow/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/you-go-through-phases-you-have-to-reinvent-reasons-for-playing-and/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/when-people-ask-me-how-they-should-approach-performance-i-always-tell/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/mastering-music-is-more-than-learning-technical-skills-practicing-is/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/i-think-that-peace-is-in-many-ways-a-precondition-of-joy/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/jazz-has-been-such-a-force-in-music-that-any-musician-including/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) > [Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-yo-ma/practicing-is-not-only-playing-your-instrument-either-by-yourself-or/) [Yo-Yo Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-yo-ma/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charging/yo-yo-ma/#itemlist", "name": "1 Charging Quotes By Yo-Yo Ma", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a part of me that's always charging ahead. 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