Rostropovich Quotes
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I listened to Pablo Casals, which was a big change for me. Without hearing Casals, I would never have advanced as I did.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.
— Fannie Lou Hamer
She's happy and I'm glad she is. Everyone deserves to be happy, even girls who break your heart.
— Megan Keith
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
Gossip never goes away, no matter where you are in life.
— Miranda Kenneally
Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
All offences come from the heart.
— William Shakespeare
All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
In my experience as long as he treats you right and appreciates you then no man is the wrong kind of man.
— Jay Crownover
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
— Otto Von Bismarck
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
Love of bustle is not industry.
— Seneca.
I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.
— Michael Palin
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
I have a very deep religious belief.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
The war years were the most difficult time of my life. There was real famine in Moscow. The water froze inside the houses. There was no heat.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
— George Carlin
... well just call me Hannibal Lecter. With cleavage.
— Jeaniene Frost
I played with the bestconductors of the world. — Mstislav Rostropovich
I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
I never studied, but I had the best teachers.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.
— Mstislav Rostropovich
The effects of color are controlled by intuition.
— Johannes Itten
