Cello Quote by John Tiffany

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

— Irene Thomas

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

— Pablo Casals

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 want you to play me like a cello.

— Gayle Forman

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

— Ritchie Blackmore

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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

— Julia Kent

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

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned…

— Ritchie Blackmore

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 don't even want to say I'm trying to necessarily popularize classical music, I just want to take this thing, this cello, this sound,…

— Kevin Olusola