Attributes Quote by Ann Patchett

If we just stick to one kind of music, our creativity is limited. We wanted to extend the audience for the cello, especially the…

— Stjepan Hauser

Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.

— George Gershwin

Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and…

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.

— Steve Doll

It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used…

— William S. Burroughs

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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

— Luka Sulic

Writing music obviously comes from being inspired by things, and big changes in your life, and relationships and growing older and being more independent.

— Tristan Prettyman

If I wrote something just for a musician and not for a soundtrack I would have no inspiration from scenes or from the story.…

— Claudio Simonetti

We get so many kids telling us that they've taken up the violin or cello. It's really special, and it wasn't really our intention…

— Grace Chatto

It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

— John Braine