Guitar Quote by Larry Graham

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my…

— Edgar Meyer

My father was a very big musical influence on me. He was a trumpet player. And that's what I started with. Then, when I…

— David Bryan

I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no one else…

— Tom Petty

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the…

— Suzi Quatro

My mother was the biggest influence on me, without question.

— Troy Glaus

The biggest musical influence on me was my mum. We were both enraptured by music.

— Johnny Marr

My earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the…

— Jon Connor

My dad was my first influence. He played classical guitar and my uncle Ron played the blues.

— Jason Becker

My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the…

— Maira Kalman

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

My mother was a huge influence on me - she was a free spirit and helped me appreciate, from a very early age, that…

— Christian Louboutin