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I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked.
Gerard Butler
Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.
Henry Winkler
Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
Les Claypool
When I came into Metallica, I had to do justice to Cliff's work, but I also had to put my own signature on it. No one could be Cliff Burton; Cliff Burton was the Jimi Hendrix of bass.
Jason Newsted
I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.
Jason Newsted
I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.
Dee Dee Ramone
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
Elizabeth Moon
It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.
Alvin Lee
In all the music that deals with experimental repetition, drum and bass, dub, various kinds of house music, there's always been a quality of atmosphere and ambience.
Bill Laswell
I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.
Billy Sheehan
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.
Billy Sheehan
The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
Charlie Haden
Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
Colin Greenwood
I'm the quiet bass player.
Colin Hanks
When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.
David Sanborn
When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.
Donald Dunn
I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.
Dustin Diamond
I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
Eberhard Weber
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
Eberhard Weber
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody Ive ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
Edgar Meyer
Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.
Gerry Mulligan
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
Gary Clark, Jr.
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