Band Quote by Nate Mendel

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

— Trevor Dunn

I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

— Tim Commerford

When I was much younger I tried to play guitar and bass first. Drums were just the easiest thing for me to play. I…

— Gina Schock

I first picked up the bass guitar when I was twelve years old, and fooled around with it. By the time I was thirteen…

— Mark Mendoza

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?

— Dave Mustaine

I started playing guitar and when we formed the band; we all said, 'Who's the worst at guitar?' It was obviously me, so I…

— Calum Hood

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

— Dee Dee Ramone

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed…

— Billy Sheehan

I think I've been playing bass for as long as I've played guitar, and I love them both.

— Devin Townsend

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

My first instrument was bass, and the first thing that I remember learning to play that was better than a few notes was Fleetwood…

— George Ezra

That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while.

— John Deacon