Eliminating the piano means that I’ve always worked closer with the bass than most players. – Gerry Mulligan
I learned to do a few tricks that other people hadn’t done before. I developed that trebly bass thing a little further. – Chris Squire
Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass. – Colin Greenwood
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully. – Elizabeth Moon
I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I’ve named it Justine. – Malcolm-Jamal Warner
But Dennis was a really solid musician, and we really needed somebody who could play bass like him. – Neil Innes
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. – Maurice Gibb
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
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave. – Pitbull
That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one. – John Entwistle
I’ve got a Fender Concert amp from the ’60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it. – Johnny Rivers
