Bass Quote by Bonobo

I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song.

— Gavin DeGraw

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton

As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.

— Billy Sheehan

[My House By The Water] is a nice instrumental track. The sound of the water is from the same place where the front photo…

— Mac DeMarco

I worked on the tracks so they sounded as good as possible in there... I wanted to make something that was for the night.

— Kieran Hebden

In the Air Force, I had an old Wilcox Gay recorder, and I used to hear guitar runs on that recorder going (vocalizing) like…

— Johnny Cash

It's really cool what you can do with a guitar and a Fender Twin and a space echo.

— Tamaryn

That's the only way I could describe the music. It was the sonic equivalent of flight

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon…

— Anonymous

Empty vessels make the most sound.

— John Lydgate

A heavy bass line is my kind of silence

— Dizzee Rascal

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

— David Byrne