Cello Quotes

I want you to play me like a cello.

— Gayle Forman

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

— Wayne Newton

I went to college to study the piano and cello.

— Julian Bream

Thank God, I'll never have to play the cello again.

— Pablo Casals

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.

— Pablo Casals

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

— Elizabeth Moon

“A cello on a winter night in the midst of a frozen city—that was what his voice sounded like.”

— Tiffany Reisz

I worry about technical details - did I mix the cello half a decibel too high? Things like that.

— Steven Price

Even in classical music, the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the violin get it all.

— Luka Sulic

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

— Joshua Roman

Oh, a man with a guitar is nothing compared to a man with a cello! Girls really like the way that we…

— Eicca Toppinen

Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?

— Ann Patchett

I play in tune like a cello player and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks; it's just all in the hands!

— Jaco Pastorius

I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so…

— Alicia Keys

If I were to run around the world playing just the cello concertos - and believe me, I love playing them -…

— David Finckel

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…

— Brendon Urie

I loved the idea of playing cello whilst beatboxing, and I ran with it. I didn't realize that it would put me…

— Kevin Olusola

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

— Luka Sulic

The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

I learned playing cello in 'Cantabile' and Go in 'Reply 1988.' In 'Moonlight Drawn by Clouds,' I learned horse riding and Geomungo.…

— Park Bo-gum

The cello looks like a woman to me. And, you know, the curves. And so I am in a way, and it's…

— Sherman Alexie

We knew we wanted to have our own tone for the show. And then the big instrument that actually we came up…

— Ramin Djawadi

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

— Andy Crouch

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

— Beverly Cleary

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano…

— Jamie Foxx

“It was like looking into a dream. An imagination of what seduction in its purest form would look like. This woman was…

— Elly Kamari

I started to play noise on my cello because I felt a deep personal connection to it. I mean, I still love…

— Okkyung Lee

“I quietly walk to my room, and keeping the door open, I pick up my cello settling it between my knees. The…

— Cassie Shine

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

— Dev Hynes

I want to create endless possibilities with this cello. I become the medium through which the music is being channeled.

— Maya Beiser

I did a film that's on YouTube of me reading hate mail with a woman playing the cello in the background.

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Andres Segovia

I read a lot of autobiographical stories, and I write plays and prose. And I play piano and cello. A lot of…

— Alexis Dziena

We are so excited to be touring and showing audiences the versatility of the cello.

— Stjepan Hauser

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

— House MD

“Playing the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive.”

— Eric Siblin

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

— Julia Holter

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

Because in classical music cello is not regarded as a popular choice, it's always playing the long, boring notes.

— Luka Sulic