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

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovich's compositions and Prokofiev's were no longer to be played.

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• ‟ In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on 'formalism.' There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovich's compositions and Prokofiev's were no longer to be played.

  - Mstislav Rostropovich
  

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

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• ‟ Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

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

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

  - Mstislav Rostropovich