Bass Quotes

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back. (Paul McCartney)
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh. View quote
Maurice Gibb
I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands. View quote
Adam Jones
If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object. View quote
Colin Greenwood
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is doing, and then you play something that compliments that, so you are thinking simultaneously and thinking ahead. View quote
David Amram
When I started to pick up the bass, it was purely by random chance. View quote
Eberhard Weber
There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing. View quote
Graham Coxon
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record. View quote
Herb Alpert
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York. View quote
Ikue Mori
I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it. View quote
Keith Emerson
The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player. (Mike Gordon)
I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical bluegrass bass player. I was really into the Grateful Dead, and I still am - I don't listen to them too much, but for me they are a big influence. View quote
Mike Gordon
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. View quote
Miroslav Vitous
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar. View quote
Tina Weymouth
I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech. View quote
Tina Weymouth
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar. View quote
Trevor Dunn
I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion. View quote
Teena Marie
Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass. View quote
Lou Reed
I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound. View quote
Jaco Pastorius
Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it. View quote
Geezer Butler
There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me. (Geddy Lee)
I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should. View quote
Geddy Lee
He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates. View quote
John Cheever
Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely. View quote
Matt Cameron
So Mr.Bass why do you think you should become an Usher?" asked the interviewer.Chuck smiled. Because I'm Chuck Bass. View quote
Cecily von Ziegesar