Bass Quotes - Page 16

• Louis Armstrong changed all the brass players around, but after Bird, all of the instruments had to change - drums, piano, bass, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, everything.

  Cootie Williams

  Memorable, Player, Piano

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• Close to the Edge by Yes. Such a fun tune to play on bass.

  Brian Acton

  Fun, Play, Tunes

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• I write pop songs. But I think it is sprinkled with a lot of counter-culture references. It ranged from rap to hip hop to trip hop, house, drum and bass, and experimental and improv and jazz.

  Nelly Furtado

  Song, Rap, Writing

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• Rock & Roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back the beat so you could dream. A whole generation running with a Fender bass...The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty?Perhaps I should die. After all, all the great blues singers did die. But life is getting better now.I don't want to die. Do I? - Lou Reed (1965-1968)

  Legs McNeil

  Running, Dream, Rocks

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• In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.

  Les Claypool

  Funny, Hope, Crazy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

  Alvin Lee

  Double Bass, Double Standard, Firsts

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• As far as current inspiration, I'm listenting to a lot of flamenco, because the techniques used for flamenco can be adapted to playing bass.

  Billy Sheehan

  Inspiration, Technique, Used

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