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title: "6 Bass Quotes By Kim Gordon"
description: "6 Bass quotes by Kim Gordon. Plus more from Kim Gordon and more Bass sayings from other authors."
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> [It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play-bass/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/kim-gordon-4178_bass_it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play_1631536.png)

> [I picked up the bass kind of postpunk-style. There's a real art to not learning how to play an instrument and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-picked-up-the-bass-kind-of-postpunk-style-there-s-a-real-art-to-not/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/kim-gordon-4178_able_i-picked-up-the-bass-kind-of-postpunk-st_1719687.png)

> [Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/unless-you-re-singing-something-that-s-kind-of-in-rhythm-with-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/kim-gordon-4178_bass_unless-you-re-singing-something-that-s-k_1737755.png)

> [I still don't really feel like a bass player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-player/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-still-don-t-really-feel-like-a-bass-pl_1921468.png)

> [I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-think-that-playing-bass-like-punk-rock-bass-with-a-pick-wasn-t/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40a/kim-gordon-4178_bass_i-just-think-that-playing-bass-like-punk_2333599.png)

> [It's really hard for me to sing and play bass. Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play-bass-unless-you-re-singing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/kim-gordon-4178_bass_it-s-really-hard-for-me-to-sing-and-play_3124784.png)

## Other authors on Bass

## More by Kim Gordon

> [It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-hard-to-say-when-the-life-of-a-band-starts-and-stops-but-playing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-not-saying-sonic-youth-was-a-conceptual-art-project-for-me-but-in/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-do-retweet-some-of-the-things-that-people-say-about-the-things-i-ve/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-happened-to-start-playing-music-for-the-conceptual-ideas/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-kind-of-freaked-out-by-the-art-world-in-the-1980s-just-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/political-art-never-goes-away-i-started-watching-the-west-wing-show/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a-machine-that-carried-me/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-have-a-really-hard-time-writing-my-own-lyrics-for-this-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-rock-music-people-have-certain-assumptions-that-it-makes-people/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/because-our-daughters-have-school-and-it-s-just-such-a-hassle-going/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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