Word Bass

Famous quotes containing the words word and/or bass:

“a word is elegy to what it signifies.”
—Robert Hass (b. 1941)

“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)