Cellists Quote by Pablo Casals

I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and we travelled…

— Laura Mvula

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

— Christian McKay

[As a kid] I felt it was really weird that music schools behaved like a conveyor belt to make performers for those symphony orchestras.…

— Bjork

I played in a couple of really crummy bands, including one in the dorm I was in at MIT, for a year or two.

— Tom Scholz

I played cello in my high school orchestra.

— Eberhard Weber

I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high…

— Arthur Godfrey

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

— Lev Grossman

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

— Leonard Slatkin

I've played classical violin since I was 5 years old.

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities…

— Jeff Healey

When I was five I had violin lessons.

— Randy Bachman

I was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as principal horn. I was there for some 15 years - one of the most exciting…

— Gunther Schuller