Bass Quote by Geezer Butler

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

I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.

— Thundercat

I didn't want to be the bass player everyone forgot about.

— Michael Anthony

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

— Paul McCartney

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

— Colin Greenwood

It's funny: when I started playing bass in 1984, you had guys like Paul Simonon fron the Clash, John Paul Jones, Lemmy, and Nikki…

— Duff McKagan

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

I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em…

— Maurice Gibb

I was never much of a bass player.

— Ryan Adams

I still don't really feel like a bass player.

— Kim Gordon

When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the…

— Donald Dunn

I went to see my first gig when I was 15 - it was Loyle Carner at Shepherd's Bush - and I remember just…

— Arlo Parks