Band Quote by Lou Gramm

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

— Paul McCartney

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in…

— Donald Dunn

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

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

I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come…

— Ted Templeman

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

— Robert Trujillo

I was with Miles Davisfor a couple of years as his bass player, and it was a beautiful experience. After two years I said…

— Marcus Miller

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

— Adam Jones

Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really close. We…

— Flea

That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play songs together…

— Tom Araya

I don't really listen to bassists - not anymore. When I was younger, I listened to those guys and was trying to figure out…

— Les Claypool

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