Bass Quote by John Entwistle

Eventually as a teenager, I was pulled up on stage by James Brown's saxophone player, Maceo Parker, during one of his concerts and scatted…

— Wendy Starland

You have to understand that the bass guitar is the party instrument. It only has four strings. If you see a bass player playing…

— Keith Morris

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

While I was sitting back on drums for years, I was watching how the lead singer interacts with the crowd, how the bass guitarist…

— G Flip

I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary…

— Gerard Butler

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

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

For my money, Ray Brown is the greatest living bass player. Every great thing that's happened on bass since Ray Brown -- all of…

— Christian McBride

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught…

— Mayer Hawthorne

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is…

— Graham Coxon

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took…

— Neil Innes

Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've…

— Bill Wyman

I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was…

— Bryan Adams

I was never much of a bass player.

— Ryan Adams

Imagine if you were a drummer, and you accidentally picked up two magic wands instead of sticks. There you are, keeping the beat, the…

— Mitch Hedberg