Bass Quotes

320 Bass quotes by 248 unique authors

In high school, I had a wonderful teacher who, coincidentally also taught Meryl Streep before me. At the same time I had my own rock… — Roger Bart
Since I was a kid, I always wanted to figure out how to make a bass line that was a pendulum - like, gravity would… — Bjork
I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions. — Paul Shaffer
Obviously, a bass sounds like a bass and a guitar sounds like a guitar, but the way you play the guitar reflects your personality. — Paul Simonon
My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement. — Lindi Ortega
I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the… — Donald Dunn
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank.… — Eddi Reader
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
You know, I only claim to play three instruments. My dad is a banker, but a drummer at heart; and my mom used to teach… — Charlie Worsham
I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything. — Jessica Pare
I was an original Elvis fan. He was the voice of my generation. I was listening to him on the radio when he released his… — Ronnie Milsap
Bass guitar is the engine of the band. — Suzi Quatro
I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still hanging on the… — Suzi Quatro
Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence.… — Giorgio Moroder
Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years. — John Grogan
I went to junkyards, abandoned car lots. I asked supermarkets for the big jugs they put pig guts in, to make cabinets for my bass… — Grandmaster Flash
I own a guitar, a piano, a bass. — Adam Driver
I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or bar mitzvah or… — Robert Pinsky
The range of the cello is so big, it can play as low as the double bass and as high as the violin. It has… — Luka Sulic
I had different bands. I played with the Acoustic Warriors for the most part, without girl singers. It was the same kind of sound, acoustic… — Dan Hicks
Let there be bass. — Leo Fender
I think the future looks great for music, musicians, bass players, and all we love about music. — Billy Sheehan
Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have… — Chad Smith
But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him. — Neil Innes
It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass. — Jay Cooke

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