The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies,… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as… — Otto Penzler Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up hunting whitetail, but I would stalk tuna and white sea bass and yellowtail. — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
In general, we like to play as a band - guitar, piano, and voice. We also tour with a bass player, a… — Andrew Dost Copy Share Image
Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects… — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm… — Gary Clark, Jr Copy Share Image
Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a… — Matt Cameron Copy Share Image
All my life I just wanted to be a beatnik. Meet all the heavies, get stoned, get laid, have a good time.… — Janis Joplin Copy Share Image
I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument… — Billy Sheehan Copy Share Image
I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny… — Jack Bruce Copy Share Image
With the fretless bass, you have a different tone and different sound, a different dynamic to the instrument, so you can really… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I remember swallowing my tooth up in a high chair, but I definitely don't remember the first time I played bass. — Thundercat Copy Share Image
Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound,… — Bill Wyman Copy Share Image
Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it? — Dave Mustaine Copy Share Image
The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you've got the engine of the band that everything else… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him. — Neil Innes Copy Share Image
I remember when I would write a song as a kid, I would also write out on paper what the drums would… — Lights Copy Share Image
With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it.… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
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… — Neil Innes Copy Share Image
I had an upright - it took me years and years to get enough bread to get it. I'm from Florida, so… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the… — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
We decided to do some of Merle's things with modern instrumentation. We used a flute, a bass clarinet, a trumpet, a clarinet,… — Tennessee Ernie Ford Copy Share Image
