Bass Quotes (page 4)

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• guitar
• time
• age

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble. John Entwistle

• player
• music
• classic

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. Keith Emerson

• guitar
• different
• differently

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar. Trevor Dunn

• film
• picture
• good

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle. Anne Dudley

• world
• best
• guitar

In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a drummer, and somebody who plays keyboard and guitar. We try to play all of our parts and flesh it out to get a lush sound, while also keeping the energy of a three-piece punk act. We want to be the best of all possible worlds. Andrew Dost

• song
• guitar
• top

So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top. Thomas Dolby

• music
• writing
• attention

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward. Dustin Diamond

• old
• thin
• necks

That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while. John Deacon

• writing
• walking
• song

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song. Gavin DeGraw

• love
• saying
• him

I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years. Mike McCready

• three word
• running
• sometimes

Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice! Glenn Hughes

• history
• rock
• mom

I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. Glenn Hughes

• mind
• mindfulness
• play

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

• music
• house
• hip-hop

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. Pitbull

• respect
• great
• greatness

I always got great respect as a bass player. Bill Wyman