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I'm the quiet bass player.
I'm a bass player and I love the bass.
I'm the greatest bass player in the world.
I always got great respect as a bass player.
I still don't really feel like a bass player.
The lousy guitar player in any band is the bass player.
I didn't want to be the bass player everyone forgot about.
Being a bass player in these big-time rock bands is hard work.
I'm a bass player and I'm a drummer - I'm a big fan of bass players.
The worst thing I could be thinking is how could I be a cool bass player.
Billy Sheehan has always been my number one favorite bass player of all time.
I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role.
I can sing, but I consider myself a bass player. I'm, you know, a musician first.
I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend.
The worst words I could ever hear as a bass player was, 'Can you play the root notes?'
I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything.
Being a bass player in a band without a drummer for seven, eight years has been kind of weird.
Being an actor is like being a bass player: one of the component parts to the collective hole.
None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.
So the whole basis for jazz music is based on the fact that the bass player could not play his instrument.
I'm an okay drummer, I'm an okay bass player, I'm an okay keyboardist, and I'm a quite good guitar player.
Meditation is really good. I do that a lot with my bass player Bob, and we do TM: transcendental meditation.
There's something rhythmic about running, so it's not surprising that I love it. I'm a bass player, after all.
My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.
I was always the sexy bass player in the background while Robin stood centre. Barry and I played it up a bit, gave 'em a bit of thigh.
My drummer, bass player, and guitar player sing backgrounds. They play and sing. I can sing all the harmonies, but I can't do it alone.
When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.
I like Jaco Pastorius' 'Portrait of Tracy.' He was this bass player who played jazz fusion. He was the dopest bass player who ever lived.
I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.
The thing I like to do when I'm making records is to keep it exciting, as opposed to, 'There's a bass player, guitar player... ' Just a little variety.
I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.
I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you have to sort of even that out.
Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all want to do what we can't do, maybe.
Without getting real personal, we liked our bass player Ed. He was a great guy and he was a good bass player but his playing was suited for a different style of band.
I never forget the first time I was on 'Top of the Pops', my bass player said: 'You've made it!' I did used to think, when I was younger, that I'd be on there one day.
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 over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.
A lot of other bass players have told me I'm the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like he's playing with the thumb and fingers, which is a great compliment.
My band, Miles Long, is a jazz-funk spoken word band. There's jazz sensibilities, but I'm a bass player, so I'm very much into the head-bobbing vibe with sophisticated lyrics.
I didn't start off as a bass player, and Guns was the first band I really, like, 'Oh, I'm gonna be a bass player. This is what I'm gonna do.' And I really dove into it head first.
I think people forget even though we were labelled a synth band because of 'The Hurting,' but keyboards are not our native instruments. Roland's a guitar player and I'm a bass player.
I was reading an article about Kings of Leon's bass player, who said that he was directly influenced by Joy Division and by me. I was like, 'Woah!' It surprised me. It's a great compliment.
I don't think the Beatles were that good. I think they're fine, you know. Ringo's got the best backbeat I've ever heard... Paul is a fine bass player... but he's a bit overpowering at times.
A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else.
I love my music, so I want to produce, write, and serve my music. I've had to learn about EQ frequencies and programming and space and clutter and how to be a better piano or bass player - everything.