Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole. — Juliette Lewis Copy Share Image
I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend. — Miroslav Vitous 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
Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it. — Stanley Clarke Copy Share Image
I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything. — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role. — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument. — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry, Hen. I still have feelings for you. It's just that my band needs a real bass player now. We're not… — Daniel Ehrenhaft Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about Joy Division: writing the songs was dead easy because the group was really balanced; we had a… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing,… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that… — Donald Dunn Copy Share Image
Bass players and drummers are like brothers, working in the basement, cooking up the groove. If they don't lock together with the… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The thing I like to do when I'm making records is to keep it exciting, as opposed to, 'There's a bass player,… — Benji Hughes 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 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
“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
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
Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with… — Horace Panter Copy Share Image
The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
My wife and I went and saw John McLaughlin years ago playing at some club, and it made me feel uncomfortable. It… — Cliff Williams 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
“For People Starting Out—Say “Yes” When Derek was 18, he was living in Boston, attending the Berklee College of Music. “I’m in… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
Me and my bandmate having known each other and worked together for so long, the process between us is kind of effortless.… — Jonathan Rado Copy Share Image
I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio,… — Alton Ellis Copy Share Image
“American DEWAR FAMILY Cameron Dewar Ursula “Beep” Dewar, his sister Woody Dewar, his father Bella Dewar, his mother PESHKOV-JAKES FAMILY George Jakes… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I think that the current climate enables a lot of musicians to do relatively well. Twenty-five years ago, you could be a… — Moby Copy Share Image
I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing,… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
Eventually as a teenager, I was pulled up on stage by James Brown's saxophone player, Maceo Parker, during one of his concerts… — Wendy Starland 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
Billy Sheehan has always been my number one favorite bass player of all time. — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image