Band Quote by Flea

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 met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.

— Neal Schon

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the…

— Suzi Quatro

I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler. I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and…

— Hulk Hogan

Before moving to Pennsylvania in 1999, I played bass in a newsroom rock band in South Florida for several years.

— John Grogan

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his…

— Lou Gramm

There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played flamenco guitar.…

— Robert Trujillo

I was the bass player in the '70s all-female rock band the Runaways.

— Jackie Fuchs

I was a drum 'n' bass DJ at first but not any one of note.

— Dizzee Rascal

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my…

— Edgar Meyer

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

I met the pianist Barry Harris when I was about fifteen. He would show me changes, which I had no idea existed. I knew…

— Charles McPherson