Eva Quote by Abbi Glines

I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because no one…

— Suzi Quatro

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

— Stanley Clarke

You get older, you start meeting girls, you want to impress them. And if you happen to know an instrument, what you do is…

— Jake Shimabukuro

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

— Mike Gordon

If you're going to play bass, then play bass how you play bass. You can learn technique and theory, but we want to hear…

— Justin Chancellor

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

— Bill Wyman

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neither do I.' I mean, I…

— Kathleen Hanna

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of…

— Eberhard Weber

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, well, neither do I. I mean, I…

— Kathleen Hanna

I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a bass player.…

— Duff McKagan

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

— Stanley Clarke