Top Bass Quotes
It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.
Kim Gordon
Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers.
Jimmy Griffin
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
I always got great respect as a bass player.
Bill Wyman
I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.
Miroslav Vitous
Graham Coxon 
Herb Alpert 
Trevor Dunn 
Dee Dee Ramone 
Robert Wyatt 
Jason Newsted 
David Byrne 
Bill Laswell 
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Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers.
Jimmy Griffin 
70% of people like this quote
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
62% of people like this quote
I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.
Miroslav Vitous
61% of people like this quote
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
Eberhard Weber
61% of people like this quote
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
60% of people like this quote
It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open.
Trevor Dunn
59% of people like this quote
Unless you're singing something that's kind of in rhythm with the bass, the melodies, it's just difficult.
Kim Gordon
58% of people like this quote
Popular Bass Authors
Little RichardRobert WyattKen BurnsPaul McCartneyDavid ByrneGeddy LeeAdam JonesGavin RossdaleGavin DeGrawJennifer GranholmColin GreenwoodGraham CoxonTrevor DunnTony ViscontiTom Jenkinson
John DeaconMaurice GibbBen HarperThomas KellerAce FrehleyLou GrammTina WeymouthKeith EmersonGerry MulliganHerb AlpertNeil InnesGeezer ButlerMatt CameronElizabeth MoonBill Wyman
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