I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am…

— Beverly Cleary

It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Lydia: And who's going to carry you when you're carrying the cello? House: Yes, cast aside the useless cripple. How very German of you.

— House MD

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

— Julia Holter

It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such…

— Stjepan Hauser

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?

— Andres Segovia

It has endless possibilities, and but what we do with our arrangements, we move the borders of cello playing and discover new ways of…

— Luka Sulic

I love the cello, I love the physical sense of an instrument that's about the size of your body that vibrates enough that even…

— Tod Machover

I went to college to study the piano and cello.

— Julian Bream

We were never happy with the way cello was recorded, and we wanted to experiment in the studio to make the cello rock as…

— Luka Sulic

I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had…

— Ernest Hemingway

When I die, I'd like to come back as a cello.

— Wayne Newton

I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before.…

— Brendon Urie

“I am also practicing cello to wean myself from power and accomplishment, to place myself back in the posture of a learner, cultivator, and…

— Andy Crouch

“the deep rich notes of the cello pick up on a solo and quickly catch my attention. Each note tugs at my insides, drawing…

— Samantha Armstrong