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
When I heard BB Kings Sweet Sixteen, I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that… — Donald Dunn 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 feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player,… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours. — Suzi Quatro 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
I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best… — Donald Dunn Copy Share Image
“It's bad enough when people I know fuck with my life, but when pretentious bass players interfere with my destiny, then I… — Tiffanie DeBartolo Copy Share Image
If you were a musician playing our tunes, you had to play the bass like me for the song to sound right.… — Larry Graham Copy Share Image
So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play.… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the… — David Amram Copy Share Image
My dream as a child was to play with a bass player like Ray Brown, who played with the Oscar Peterson Trio.… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is… — Wynton Marsalis 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
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
When The Murderdolls started it was a really cool thing, especially for me because I had never done anything on that scale… — Wednesday 13 Copy Share Image
My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in… — Lindi Ortega Copy Share Image
Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player… — Lou Gramm Copy Share Image
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit,… — Maurice Gibb 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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics,… — Nikki Giovanni 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
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
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
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