Bass Quotes - Page 2

• I never picked a bass up before Sabbath started

  Geezer Butler

  Sabbath

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• 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.

  Saul Bass

  Ideas, Phrases, Kind

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• I ended up gettin a little Gibson amp and a bass, because of Gene Simmons of Kiss. Myself and three other kids would pretend to be Kiss - I liked Gene the best.

  Jason Newsted

  Kids, Kissing, Three

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• Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

  Colin Greenwood

  People, Bills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Listening, Age, Ears

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• 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

  Player, History, Guy

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• I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

  Chely Wright

  Dad, Player, Gamer

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• 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.

  Geddy Lee

  Track, Important, Stills

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• If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object.

  Colin Greenwood

  Editing, Looks, Computer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

  Johnny Ramistella

  Used, Concerts

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

  Ben Harper

  House, Records, Harper

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• It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.

  Mike Gordon

  Important

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• A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

  Ace Frehley

  Song, Guitar, Play

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• I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

  John Entwistle

  Player, Guitar, People

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• I just think that playing bass, like punk rock bass with a pick, wasn't meant to be done for 25 years.

  Kim Gordon

  Thinking, Rocks, Years

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• I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

  Adam Jones

  Player, Guitar, Band

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• I like a lot of bass players. I like a lot of tuba players too.

  Rick Danko

  Player, Tubas, Bass Players

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• On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.

  Noel Redding

  Solo

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• Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.

  Geezer Butler

  Black, Sabbath, Studios

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• I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

  Geddy Lee

  Practice, Should

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• It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.

  Kim Gordon

  Play, Hard

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• When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

  Robert Wyatt

  Hate, Singing, Use

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• I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

  Billy Sheehan

  Hypnosis, Different, Looks

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• There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

  Graham Coxon

  Player, Thinking, Guitar

  Interview with Alex McCann, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can't scale the equipment down too far.

  John Entwistle

  Vibrations, Ends, Scales

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