Beginning Quote by Grace Chatto

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

My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.

— Joshua Roman

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

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will.

— Irene Thomas

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

We wanted to make a powerful cello sound in order to show to the world the possibilities of the cello and to use it…

— Luka Sulic

I always wanted to play cello, but in school, when I said that, my friend laughed at me, and she was doing violin so,…

— Monica Barbaro

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 one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

I'm always anxious in introducing sounds that don't originate with the cello.

— Julia Kent

I remember when I first got my cello when I was 8 years old. I remember the room it was in and what the…

— Michael Bacon

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

— John Tiffany