Bass Quote by Mark Mendoza

I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went…

— Paul McCartney

When I was 14 I would pick up my brother's bass guitar, and I would just pound on it, having no idea how to…

— Steve Burns

I started playing with a group of young people when I was 13. I turned professional when I was 15 and I played dance…

— Dave Holland

I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still hanging on…

— Suzi Quatro

I used to aspire to being more of a traditional bass player, to be honest. People say I play it like a guitar -…

— Justin Chancellor

Around age 11 or 12, I started playing jazz bass. From there, I went to electric bass and then guitar, which I kept up…

— Joshua Roman

At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play.

— Lou Barlow

I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…

— Greg Lake

I started playing guitar when I was 14.

— Rostam Batmanglij

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

— Tom Chapin

I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the…

— Don McLean

So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.

— John Entwistle