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Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: I listened to Pablo Casals, which was a big change for me. Without hearing Casals, I would never have advanced as I did.

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

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

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.

Music is part of history, and our history has lessons that cannot be separated from our greatest music.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: I never studied, but I had the best teachers.

I never studied, but I had the best teachers.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I played with the best conductors of the world.

I played with the best
conductors of the world.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have a very deep religious belief.

I have a very deep religious belief.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.

I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.

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 quotes: You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

Mstislav Rostropovich quotes: You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.

You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.