Bass Quotes

I'd like to be the ambassador to the Bahamas.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

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

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

Sometimes when an idea flashes, you distrust it because it seems too easy. You qualify it with all kinds of evasive phrases because you’re timid about it. But often, this turns out to be the best idea of all.

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.

Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.

I consider myself a bassist first.

Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know

I always got great respect as a bass player.

Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

I wanna be the ambassador to Chimichanga Flavor Town.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

You can't spell bass without ass

I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler. I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich, and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days, but it didn’t work out.