Bass Quote by Jaco Pastorius

The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

Age isn't a barrier to playing the bass, and I've definitely improved over the years, although maybe I'm not as flash as I once…

— Suzi Quatro

I started to play the guitar for a couple of years, which was fun. I still bring it out once in a while, could…

— Dirk Nowitzki

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

— Geddy Lee

I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still hanging on…

— Suzi Quatro

I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.

— Mike Dirnt

I've been playing a guitar since I was 10 years old.

— Mac Miller

I've been playing guitar since I was 6 and then drums, bass, and piano since I was 10 years old.

— Bazzi

I'm not a 'practicing' musician anymore. I played bass and guitar. I still pick up a guitar around the house every once in awhile.

— Scott Borchetta

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

— James Vincent McMorrow

I was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd…

— Ted Dwane

I had been practicing guitar about six months beforehand; I concentrated mostly on the songs I had to play. I got those down pretty…

— Freddie Highmore