Shostakovich Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich

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• I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.
• Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word,
• When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
• I never studied, but I had the best teachers,
• You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
• Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with…
• Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for…
• I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.
• People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must…
• It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
• You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
• Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally…

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