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I don't play the tuba.

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.

I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and I generally say I don't play one so I don't have to acknowledge it. I also play fife.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?