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“It's very inconvenient being a sculptor. It's like playing the double-bass; one's so handicapped by one's baggage.”

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Book:Clouds of Witness AND The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Source: Clouds of Witness AND The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

“It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.”

Firsts First Time Bass Double Standard Double Bass

Author:Alvin Lee

“Critics are like horse-flies which hinder the horses in their plowing of the soil. The horse works, all its muscles drawn tight like the strings on a double-bass, and a fly settles on his flanks and tickles and buzzes. And what does the fly buzz about? It scarcely knows itself; simply because it is restless and wants to proclaim: 'Look, I too am living on the earth. See, I can buzz, too, buzz about anything.'”

Knows Want Looks Doe I Can Earth Horse Critics Settling Soil Muscles Strings Restless Bass Living On Hinder Buzz Plowing Double Bass

Author:Anton Chekhov

“I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.”

Thinking Feels Kind Would Be Sound Effort Too Much Married Instruments Engaged Bass Being Me Double Bass

Author:Tod Machover

“In life's orchestra, the bike is the double bass. Hard to forget it”

Hard Forget Bike Orchestra Forget It Bass Double Bass

Book:Need for the Bike

Source: Need for the Bike