Bass Quote by Robert Trujillo

Music has always been in my family, but it was mainly keyboards. I learned to play classical piano, but when I first heard the…

— Suzi Quatro

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

— Dusty Hill

My dad used to listen to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, and my mom liked Michael Bolton and Roy Orbison. She was pretty big…

— Orianthi

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.

— Lindi Ortega

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular…

— Billy Sheehan

My parents brought me up on all different styles of music, like my Mum would listen to Motown R&B and my Dad was quite…

— Ella Henderson

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my…

— Edgar Meyer

My mom listened to a lot of house music. My dad listened to a lot of roots and dub. I've got a lot of…

— Jacob Anderson

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

— Trevor Dunn

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses,…

— Geddy Lee

There's such a wealth of arts and styles within the guitar... flamenco, jazz, rock, blues... you name it, it's there. In the early days…

— Jimmy Page

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul…

— Ella Henderson