I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious…

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

— Anthony Bourdain

I like to believe that I play bass like Dusty Hill, and that's something nobody else can do as well as me. I'm the…

— Dusty Hill

If you were a musician playing our tunes, you had to play the bass like me for the song to sound right. Then, when…

— Larry Graham

That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together…

— Tom Araya

I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen.

— Anthony Bourdain

In high school no guys wanted to be in a band with me unless I was going to play bass or play grindcore or…

— Weyes Blood

I can't remember the first song I learned to play on bass, but the first song I learned to play on guitar was 'For…

— Geddy Lee

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

— Bill Wyman

I play bass, and I wanted to be a musician.

— Riley Stearns

But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him.

— Neil Innes

I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like…

— Jack Bruce

My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to…

— Gary Clark, Jr

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any…

— Thomas Sangster

I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and…

— D. B. Sweeney

Close to the Edge by Yes. Such a fun tune to play on bass.

— Brian Acton