Clarinet Quote by Marcus Miller

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

— Les Claypool

[I wanted] to play the clarinet well so I could be in Duke Ellington's band, but that's now impossible.

— Nat Hentoff

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of…

— Eberhard Weber

I started on the clarinet. I was going to a music school - my mother took me - and the guy said, 'What do…

— Christopher Guest

I joined an all-girl band in Detroit and, although I was a pianist and drummer, I was asked to play bass because no one…

— Suzi Quatro

I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a bass player.…

— Duff McKagan

I play bass, and I wanted to be a musician.

— Riley Stearns

I'm not a musician, I just play bass.

— Bill Wyman

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

My family is all musicians - my dad plays drums, my mom plays flute, my older brother plays drums, my little brother plays drums…

— Thundercat

I'm a little musically inclined; I play the clarinet and the saxophone.

— Joel Murray

I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.

— DJ Premier