There are many influences in my music, not only blues. R&B, Motown, gospel, old timey, jazz, even classical are all part of… — Rory Block Copy Share Image
Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long… — Herb Alpert Copy Share Image
I've never been able to sit round on my own and play drums, practice in the back room, never been able to.… — Ringo Starr Copy Share Image
I love rainy and bad-weather days because this type of weather gives me a mental advantage, especially when I'm fishing in a… — Gary A. Klein Copy Share Image
For my money, Ray Brown is the greatest living bass player. Every great thing that's happened on bass since Ray Brown --… — Christian McBride Copy Share Image
I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front… — Buddy Rich Copy Share Image
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do… — Edgar Meyer Copy Share Image
It was really special for Bass Pro Shops to take Tracker off the side and put Joplin, Missouri on there. They have… — Jamie McMurray Copy Share Image
There was this big skiffle craze happening for a while in England… Everybody was in a skiffle group..All you needed was an… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat… — Legs McNeil 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
I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with… — Donald Dunn 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
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
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
In our man-of-war world, Life comes in at one gangway and Death goes overboard at the other. Under the man-of-war scourge, cursesmix… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I turn on the machines and start to think about ideas and take it from there, it usually begins if it's a… — Mick Harris Copy Share Image
Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had… — Giorgio Moroder Copy Share Image
Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I don't really have a favorite bass player. I listen to a lot of bluegrass. But then again, I'm not a typical… — Mike Gordon Copy Share Image
I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians like to do the bass and the drums with analog and get that tape distortion that's really beautiful.… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Grunge, like Nirvana and all that. Heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns and Roses, drum and bass. I like to listen to… — Dizzee Rascal Copy Share Image
I remember that the bass was turned up slightly more on the mix from last week, and I thought that was good… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
Once I've got something that I feel is strong, if I get long enough to think about it, it'll turn into something.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I used to listen to music from the frosting down. As a word nerd, lyrics are really important to me, and then… — Kelly Hogan Copy Share Image
I wasn't allowed to play in some universities in the United States and out of twenty-five concerts, twenty-three were canceled unless I… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I got a little bit of a sense for the subculture, which is the equivalent of any subculture, really. The stakes are… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
If you think about a punk band, there are only, like, three instruments - bass, guitar and drums. And I wanted it… — Peaches Copy Share Image
I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
The entire range of human experience is present in a church choir, including, but not restricted to jealousy, revenge, horror, pride, incompetence… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
In the late '80s and early '90s, there was a slightly retro drum sound that was popular in hip-hop music called the… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Whenever I was in the dressing room on my own, I'd start playing blues to myself. One night, Bob Daisley, the bass… — Gary Moore Copy Share Image
