Bass players Quotes

I'm the quiet bass player.

— Colin Hanks

Women and rhythm-section first!?

— Jaco Pastorius

I was never much of a bass player.

— Ryan Adams

I always got great respect as a bass player.

— Bill Wyman

I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend.

— Miroslav Vitous

Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know

— Jack Bruce

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

— John Entwistle

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

— Stanley Clarke

I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.

— Jessica Pare

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

— Gerry Mulligan

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier

I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

— Rick Danko

I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make,…

— Brian Eno

So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.

— Miroslav Vitous

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

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

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player…

— Lou Gramm

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

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit,…

— Maurice Gibb

When The Murderdolls started it was a really cool thing, especially for me because I had never done anything on that scale…

— Wednesday 13

My heroes are guys like Frank Capra and Elia Kazan and Coen brothers and Terry Gilliam, more so than a lot of…

— Les Claypool

Art is my 'solo career' if you like. Musically, as a bass player, I depend on other musicians to play, whereas, with…

— Horace Panter

The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar…

— Hiromi

My wife and I went and saw John McLaughlin years ago playing at some club, and it made me feel uncomfortable. It…

— Cliff Williams

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

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

Poetry is music though, unfortunately, not all music is poetry. Because music has other carriers to take its message - beats, lyrics,…

— Nikki Giovanni

Being a female guitar player back in school wasn't great, and I had to change schools so many times. The male drummers…

— Orianthi

I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio,…

— Alton Ellis

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

Louis 'Thunder Thumbs' Johnson was one of the greatest bass players to ever pick up the instrument, as a member of the…

— Quincy Jones

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

— Adam Jones

Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.

— John Densmore

I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music.

— Billy Sheehan

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player.

— Gunther Schuller

The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range.

— Mark Lanegan

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

— Mike Gordon

While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.

— Bryan Ferry

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in…

— Lindi Ortega

So I am one of those bass players who can do something and musically, it was back then and now it is…

— Miroslav Vitous