49 Cello Quotes for You to Enjoy

Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer? Andres Segovia

Matter Singer Heard Cello Electric Whoever Violin

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

Life Destination Aim Piano Instrument Make Cello Beloved Violin

A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years. Thomas Bangalter

Will Still Years Years Ago Cello Here

I remember a moment when the Prince went back to his old school, Grammar School in Melbourne, and slightly to his horror his old music teacher produced a cello. Anthony Holden

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I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when I was 12 because I really wanted to learn how to sing properly. The only proper way to sing, I thought at that age, was opera. Beth Hart

I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar with the music written for that instrument. I am also fond of the popular music of the 1930s because my future husband and I danced to it so many Saturday nights when we were in college. Beverly Cleary

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I played cello in my high school orchestra. Eberhard Weber

School High High School Cello Orchestra Played

The Third Quartet I made the instruments in pairs - Two different pairs - Violin and viola, and violin and cello. They played very different things from each other all through the whole piece. Elliott Carter

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When I was four, we had to choose a musical instrument to play at school, and I chose the cello. I played until I was 18, and although I found it nerve-racking to play solo, I loved playing in an orchestra. When I left school I didn't carry on with it, which I regret. Emilia Fox

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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin. Fiona Shaw

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I play in tune like a cello player and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks; it's just all in the hands! Jaco Pastorius

Tricks Like Hands Cello Just Legitimate Tune Use Play Player

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music. Jamie Foxx

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I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello. John Tiffany

Emotionally Cello Exploitative Sucker

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

Focus Directing Through Attention Cello Interested Explored Playing

I used to practice cello while watching TV and films. I watched several complete TV series this way, including 'Lost' and 'The Wire.' As a kid, I'd read books while playing. Joshua Roman

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know? Julia Holter

You Recordings Know Cello Mean Played Early

I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of the intricacies of classical music. I could write a fugue, or perhaps learn to play the cello. Karen DeCrow

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It is an attention-getter. I mean, it's hard to ignore a woman lugging a cello around. Lori Singer

Woman Around Cello Mean Ignore Hard

The range of the cello is so big, it can play as low as the double bass and as high as the violin. It has the perfect shape, and its sound is the closest to the human voice. Luka Sulic

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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

People Think Possibilities Know Instrument Rock Offer Cello Want Really

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