Hood Hastings Bass

Famous quotes containing the words hood, hastings and/or bass:

“She stood breast high amid the corn,
Clasp’d by the golden light of morn,”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“If you can’t get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter.”
—Max Hastings (b. 1945)

“How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
—In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)