Bass Quote by Dave Mustaine

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

Bassoon is not an easy instrument to play and to pick it up and play it like a flute or a saxophone is quite…

— Henry Mancini

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

I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's…

— Stanley Clarke

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

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

The absence of a bass player always makes things go faster and hit harder in the high-end range.

— Mark Lanegan

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

— Bill Wyman

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

— Tina Weymouth

You can't play bass in a vacuum.

— Roger Glover

Traditionally, the role of the bass player was just to keep things simple and solid, so it's really a special thing when you can…

— Robert Trujillo

I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

— Tim Commerford