Band Quote by Cliff Williams

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

The Fender Precision is my instrument, my beloved Precisions.

— Steve Harris

Bass guitar is the engine of the band.

— Suzi Quatro

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or…

— Les Claypool

That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while.

— John Deacon

Fender Custom Shop made this nickel plated Stratbelieve it or not, it sounds incredible.

— John Mayer

I bought my first bass because I wanted to be in a Band, and heard that it was the easiest instrument to play. A…

— Nate Mendel

My first guitar was an Ibanez semi-hollowbody, I think it was called the Artist, from the early '80s.

— Kim Shattuck

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

— Anonymous

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t know what…

— Nate Ruess

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

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