I knew Glenn Frey. He called me up in 1977 and told me The Eagles were looking for a bass player, preferably… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and… — Tony Levin Copy Share Image
Dubstep didn't invent bass, it just zoned in on it. Bass, to varying depths, is the foundation to most dance musics. — Kode9 Copy Share Image
I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once… — Scott Borchetta Copy Share Image
When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to… — Lee Ritenour Copy Share Image
I will sing whatever I'm given to sing. Growing up, I would sing anything that I was given. If the choir needed… — Josh Young Copy Share Image
It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background. — Ad-Rock Copy Share Image
The protagonist of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours doesn’t make it easy for us, channeling as he does Barry Hannah… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was… — Ikue Mori Copy Share Image
I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward. — Dustin Diamond Copy Share Image
My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums, the guitar is on top just slicing it,… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
I tour a lot and interview a lot. I'm on the Internet and doing stuff. I go out and promote. I've got… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me. — John Entwistle Copy Share Image
Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that its much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
From the rugged cliffs of Cape Liptrap peninsula jutting bravely into the swells of Bass Strait, the coast arcs southeast, hugging the… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man… — Medgar Evers 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
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 just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image