Bass Quote by Geddy Lee

I find it natural to write on the bass, and a lot of people find that really odd.

— Steve Harris

I find it really easy to write on the bass, because you kind of get straight to the point: you do lyrics and melody…

— Kate Nash

A song has to be hummable and memorable at it simplest form, and that's what bass does for me. I feel like the glue…

— Nikki Sixx

Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's…

— Ryan Adams

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

— Dustin Diamond

As long as it's good music. I love all music. It's got to be constructed properly.

— Aretha Franklin

The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind of boring…

— Andrew Bird

For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what…

— Tony Levin

I've always mixed my music by myself. Of course, there will always be some complications here and there, but it's never a problem.

— Merzbow

I am always thinking of how the part I am playing will contribute to the atmosphere of the song and not how the part…

— Alex G

I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write;…

— Hamilton Leithauser

There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually have fun…

— Kendrick Lamar