Bass Quote by Kenny Beats

For what I can imagine and feel and think and hear, I can hardly do anything on the acoustic bass. It used to be…

— Esperanza Spalding

I love that people can feel the bass in their body.

— Romy Madley Croft

If you were a musician playing our tunes, you had to play the bass like me for the song to sound right. Then, when…

— Larry Graham

At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a…

— Eberhard Weber

Striving to make music that empowers people as opposed to making them feel like they're being beaten down every single day is so important.

— Laura Jane Grace

When you're making music, it's meant to be shared with people. Sometimes, even if I'm writing a song, someone else brings a vibe. There's…

— Benny Blanco

I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.

— Kaki King

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold…

— Karl Kraus

The golden rule for playing the bass is that's it all about feel, not just plonking away. You need to feel the sound, not…

— Suzi Quatro

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding