I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a…

You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.

— Dave Grohl

Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles

— Anonymous

When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the…

— Donald Dunn

To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible.

— Charlie Watts

While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.

— Bryan Ferry

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is…

— David Amram

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his…

— Lou Gramm

For my money, Ray Brown is the greatest living bass player. Every great thing that's happened on bass since Ray Brown -- all of…

— Christian McBride

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught…

— Mayer Hawthorne

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is…

— Graham Coxon

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took…

— Neil Innes

Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've…

— Bill Wyman

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was…

— Bryan Adams

I was never much of a bass player.

— Ryan Adams

Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the…

— Mitch Hedberg