Boundaries Quote by Okkyung Lee

There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might…

— Yo-Yo Ma

I want to create endless possibilities with this cello. I become the medium through which the music is being channeled.

— Maya Beiser

People don't think of cello as a rock instrument, really, and we want people to know all the possibilities that the cello can offer.

— Luka Sulic

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

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

— Irene Thomas

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

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

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

It has endless possibilities, and but what we do with our arrangements, we move the borders of cello playing and discover new ways of…

— Luka Sulic

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

— Joshua Roman

The cello is such a versatile instrument. It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human voice. We…

— Luka Sulic

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