Bass Quote by Suzi Quatro

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

— Suzi Quatro

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

Bass players and drummers are like brothers, working in the basement, cooking up the groove. If they don't lock together with the feel, the…

— John Densmore

I was charmed by a performance given by Crowded House at Toronto's Massey Hall where the bass player broke a string.

— Alannah Myles

While it's a great indulgence, it's also very interesting to have three bass players on the same track.

— Bryan Ferry

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer is doing, what the pianist and the guitarist is…

— David Amram

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

For my money, Ray Brown is the greatest living bass player. Every great thing that's happened on bass since Ray Brown -- all of…

— Christian McBride

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught…

— Mayer Hawthorne

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is…

— Graham Coxon

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

Onstage I like to play with a an 18-inch speaker, which very few bass players do. I need that fat, underneath sound, which I've…

— Bill Wyman