Asks Quote by Peter Steele

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

— John Entwistle

I've always been playing with other people, and that's how I learned. I got a kit of drums I couldn't play, but I also…

— Ringo Starr

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

— Geddy Lee

My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.

— Brian Wilson

If you're going to play bass, then play bass how you play bass. You can learn technique and theory, but we want to hear…

— Justin Chancellor

Your hands are like dogs, going to the same places they've been. You have to be careful when playing is no longer in the…

— Tom Waits

I started playing bass in my friend's band for some reason. It was just something I did because, well, he asked me if I…

— Jens Lekman

Bass players usually play overhand, with their fingers. That's a carry-over from upright bass playing. My style is different because I came to the…

— Larry Graham

My dad's actually left-handed, so he was always telling me, 'It would be good to learn how to use your left.' He was like,…

— Kevin Holland

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went…

— Colin Hanks

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 was a bass guitarist first before I started playing double bass - and I only started playing it because my teacher said I'd…

— Ted Dwane