Instruments Quote by Mstislav Rostropovich

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

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

— Irene Thomas

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

Yeah, uh, no, I play the cello. I played it, when, a lot when I was younger and it's one of those such a…

— Charlotte Hope

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

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

— Eberhard Weber

I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.

— Lev Grossman

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

— Okkyung Lee

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

— John Tiffany

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

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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

— Pablo Casals

I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when…

— Beth Hart