Bass Quote by Bill Wyman

I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I were singing,…

— Tina Weymouth

When you are in the studio, you don't have anybody to feed off of; meanwhile, when you are playing live, you interact with people…

— Marina and the Diamonds

Vocals are not central to what I do, and I've never liked singing live. I've always been more inspired by rhythm, texture, harmony than…

— Laurel Halo

I've also learned to only write songs and melodies that really work for my voice and that I won't have issues doing live. Because…

— Solange Knowles

It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.

— Kim Gordon

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

— James Vincent McMorrow

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

— Jessie J

I can sing, but I consider myself a bass player. I'm, you know, a musician first.

— Michael Anthony

It's been fun to just play bass in a band and play live but be in the background.

— Ad-Rock

I live a different way today. I have a family, and they are a priority for me. These days, I no longer wake up…

— Stanley Clarke

I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag.

— Cass McCombs

I make records from top to bottom. Bring the best out of the vocalist. I deal with live instrumentation on all our records.

— Scott Storch