Bass Quote by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Bass players usually play overhand, with their fingers. That's a carry-over from upright bass playing. My style is different because I came to the…

— Larry Graham

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

With the bass it's another thing. I don't need to use alternate thumb-picking as much. Even though Jack says he loves it. My thought…

— Jorma Kaukonen

Fingers don't have much to do with playing the piano. The idea that they do must be unlearned.

— Glenn Gould

I was a bass fisherman. I liked bass. That was my thing.

— Ha Ha Clinton-Dix

Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer in the…

— Tom Waits

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught…

— Mayer Hawthorne

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot…

— Terry Bradshaw

I've been a fan of bass fishing for as long as I can remember.

— Charles Best

A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like he's playing…

— Glenn Hughes

I've got 21 years of experience now fishing professionally, and over that time I've learned a lot about how the bass react. A lot…

— Kevin VanDam

Few fishermen have ulcers. And fishing is great for kids. It gives them something to do and keeps them out of trouble.

— Robert Fuller