I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where… — Bryan Adams Copy Share Image
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by… — Eddi Reader 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
I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with all of their equipment and the incredible… — Ken Burns 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
Your time is spent making records, planning, touring - not counting the days until another guy's concert. There are some newer artists… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows… — Mayer Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Our newest member is Johnny Colt, who was bass player with The Black Crowes. Colt fits right in with us. He's loony… — Johnny Van Zant Copy Share Image
I feel my spot is somewhere between a bass player and a rhythm guitar player. I play with a pick. I play… — Nikki Sixx 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
Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever… — Al Murray 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
As far as the people that have inspired me, they're the people that I have played with the most. For example, the… — Eldar Djangirov 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
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
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
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
I had left the music business and became a conflict journalist. The conflict journalism started for me in the Gulf and the… — Johnny Colt Copy Share Image
It happened to be, from '73 to '78, the five years that, our most glorious years for bass players. We had Larry… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
There was one lady in a club we played regularly who was also a fan of Sly Stone on the radio at… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
“I watched John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers play it acoustically at their gig at the MEN Arena. I think… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
I was a guitar player in a band that had two keyboard players, sometimes two other guitarists, a bass player, and a… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
My very first gig was with the Sex Pistols, and it was also our first-ever gig. It was a very short set,… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of… — Les Claypool Copy Share Image
“It was a want ad for a band seeking a bass player. The name to call was Slash. With” — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird. — Ted Dwane Copy Share Image
I'm an okay drummer, I'm an okay bass player, I'm an okay keyboardist, and I'm a quite good guitar player. — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
I can sing, but I consider myself a bass player. I'm, you know, a musician first. — Michael Anthony Copy Share Image
Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. — Chely Wright Copy Share Image
A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer,… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
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
So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
It's not so surprising that there are more women in metal bands. And they're not just fronting them. There are drummers and… — Floor Jansen Copy Share Image
I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a… — Duff McKagan Copy Share Image
A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
