My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I played cello in my high school orchestra.
I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
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.
I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.
I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.
It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such a magical, beautiful sound. I dedicated my entire childhood to cello, practising like crazy.