Bass Quote by Neil Innes

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

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

As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took…

— Neil Innes

Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his…

— Lou Gramm

I didn't want to be the bass player everyone forgot about.

— Michael Anthony

Because Larry, by then, was a drummer, who would sort of get bored and tired, and rather stand up and blow kisses to people.…

— Neil Innes

It happened to be, from '73 to '78, the five years that, our most glorious years for bass players. We had Larry Graham, with…

— Marcus Miller

I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler. I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and…

— Hulk Hogan

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

— Tina Weymouth

As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind…

— Michael Connelly

The lousy guitar player in any band is the bass player.

— Jimmy Iovine

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding