Bass Quote by Billy Sheehan

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of…

— Eberhard Weber

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of…

— Eberhard Weber

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

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my…

— Edgar Meyer

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.

— Trevor Dunn

There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar.…

— Robert Trujillo

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a…

— Eberhard Weber

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed…

— Billy Sheehan

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

I was never much of a bass player.

— Ryan Adams

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

— Les Claypool