Bass Quote by Kim Gordon

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses,…

— Geddy Lee

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

— Stanley Clarke

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

— Tina Weymouth

In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of…

— Eberhard Weber

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular…

— Billy Sheehan

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

Bass is for people who can't play guitar

— Eddie Van Halen

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

— Kim Gordon

Being a bass player in these big-time rock bands is hard work.

— Michael Anthony

I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.

— Trevor Dunn

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 used to play bass for a while and got to the point where I was good enough to be in a shitty band.

— Christian Finnegan