I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
More traditional guitar, bass, drums - it's not something completely natural to me. It's, in a way, exotic. — Mike Patton Copy Share Image
So Mr.Bass why do you think you should become an Usher?" asked the interviewer.Chuck smiled. Because I'm Chuck Bass. — Cecily von Ziegesar Copy Share Image
I think people forget even though we were labelled a synth band because of 'The Hurting,' but keyboards are not our native… — Curt Smith Copy Share Image
With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can't… — John Entwistle Copy Share Image
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I… — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
I first picked up the bass guitar when I was twelve years old, and fooled around with it. By the time I… — Mark Mendoza Copy Share Image
Haley and I would talk for hours about which member of 'N Sync we'd want to marry. After long deliberation, the answer… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm not quite sure. Probably because "Hanky Panky" and "I Think We're Alone Now" had more to do with it than anything… — Tommy James Copy Share Image
And there's always one special element. In 'There Goes My Baby,' it's the out-of-tune timpani. 'Stand by Me,' it's the bass pattern.… — Jerry Leiber Copy Share Image
I know it was a gift from God. My father was a preacher and my mother worked in churches all her life.… — Darlene Love Copy Share Image
My radio's loud like a fire alarm: The floor vibrates, the walls cave in, The bass makes my eardrums seem thin. Def… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it! — Julia Child Copy Share Image
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw… — Geezer Butler Copy Share Image
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar. — Tina Weymouth Copy Share Image
There was a time I was around those fan boats that go across swamps, and the fans had a really rich, multi-textural… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away. Beating like a drum and it's coming your way. Can't you hear that boom, badoom,… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
When I did my solo album, I put on a song that I'd planned for Toto that never made an album constructed… — Steve Porcaro Copy Share Image
I like writing songs. I like the camarderie of the and. I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
I know I love sexy surf guitars, I know I love loud snare. I love really simple repeating bass lines, and I… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Crushing hoes, slamming doors while the chassis shake. From the sub, work the juice, bitch I want the bass. — Big Krit Copy Share Image
Lemmy is, I think, for anybody in the world of rock n' roll - you don't have to be a bass player… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Scottish bagpipe has two tenors and one bass - three drone pipes - and then the one chanter. If you put bagpipes… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
My favorite guitar now is my Martin HD-7 because it's got everything. It's got the jingle-jangle thing from the twelve string, it's… — Roger McGuinn Copy Share Image
Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom… — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
When I was 15, I went to see the Stranglers at Bath Pavilion. I saw Jean-Jacques Burnel take off his bass and… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without… — Scott Weiland Copy Share Image
My first instrument was bass, and the first thing that I remember learning to play that was better than a few notes… — George Ezra Copy Share Image
What it really comes down to, especially in metal, is that the bass needs to cut through, so you go to the… — Johnny Christ Copy Share Image
Marketers have long known that a name can make all the difference when you're trying to move the merch. The kiwifruit was… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
Because I write the music, I write the lyrics, I write the vocal melody lines - I write everything. Just because I… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
Some songs started from a bass line, some started from having the full lyric and Jim, my drummer, who's also the first… — Paolo Nutini Copy Share Image
![“Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar to get that (vocalizing) sound, and with the bass and the lead guitar, there it was. Bare and stark, that song was when it was released. And I heard it on the radio and I really didn't like…” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe6/johnny-cash-1517_bass_sam-phillips-wanted-i-walk-the-line-up-y_1729588.jpg)
