What Joshua Roman has said about Long COVID
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 11, 2026
Joshua Roman, American cellist, composer, and TED speaker, former principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, has been quoted on Long COVID 3 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on September 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Roman describes his long COVID fatigue as unlike ordinary tiredness, like having weights inside his body.
“It's this feeling like I'm wearing weights inside of my body or something that I just lifting an arm can be so difficult”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 11:42
Roman credits his primary care doctor with recognizing possible long COVID and referring him for expert help.
“I'm very, very lucky that my primary care doctor knew about and understood enough about long COVID”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 12:23
Roman says COVID forced him to confront issues he could have faced much earlier.
“It totally forced me into facing something that I could have faced a long time ago”
TED Radio Hour: What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change (Sep 11, 2026) · Listen from 24:55
Episodes
What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating changeTED Radio Hour · Sep 11, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with cellist Joshua Roman about how long COVID upended his lifelong devotion to the cello, his faith, and his debut album Immunity.
Others on Long COVID
- Paule Joseph · 1 quote
Joshua Roman on other topics
- Musical practice · 4 quotes
- Identity crisis · 2 quotes
- Cello · 2 quotes
- Immunity (Joshua Roman album) · 1 quote
- Vulnerability · 1 quote
- Christianity · 1 quote