Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the…

A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay…

— Hunter Hayes

Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really close. We…

— Flea

I still don't really feel like a bass player.

— Kim Gordon

A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

— Suzi Quatro

I like a bass drum. A big one.

— Phil Elverum

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

I really like bass fishing.

— John Havlicek

I'm like soft Ray Manzarek. I think of the keyboard as almost like a bass or a lead.

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I don't look at my instrument as having one specific role; I was raised to go as far as you can. But Raphael Saadiq…

— Thundercat

Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects your personality.

— Paul Simonon

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 a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a drummer, four…

— Joe Satriani

I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you…

— Ric Ocasek

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