If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family. Mstislav Rostropovich More Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich More Quotes From Mstislav Rostropovich My mother carried me for 10 months. I asked her 'Mother, you had an extra month, why you didn't make me a beautiful face?' and mother told me, 'My son, I was busy making your beautiful hands and heart.' Mstislav Rostropovich me mother beautiful son Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him. Mstislav Rostropovich think man opinion freedom I played with the best conductors of the world. Mstislav Rostropovich conductors played best world 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 time water war life 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 big never me change I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of which we are proud, must not be submitted to the assaults of the past. Mstislav Rostropovich i-am me talent past I have a very deep religious belief. Mstislav Rostropovich deep very belief religious 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. Mstislav Rostropovich you age life people Of course, I know everything that happens in Russia. But even at the most dangerous moment or the most negative moment now, it's still 10 times better than what it was in the communist state. Mstislav Rostropovich better know moment negative
