Bass Quote by Jason Newsted

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

— Anonymous

In sixth grade I had a band called The Blueberry Waterfall. I had borrowed a guy's Fender Jaguar and Boss Tone Fuzz, which you…

— Steve Lukather

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier

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

— Robert Trujillo

The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.

— Mike Gordon

I didn't listen to anything with electric bass, guitars, or drums until I was fifteen!

— Bear McCreary

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

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

— Ace Frehley

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

Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was…

— Julian Lennon

I started at 14, and only played bass. I traded in my train set for a bass, and used my dad's amp.

— Robbie Merrill

Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

— Donald Dunn