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.
Donald Dunn
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I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
Pitbull
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble.
Paul Weller
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I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
Tina Weymouth
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Vocally, I don't think analogue makes that much difference, but with guitars, it definitely makes some difference. With drums and bass, absolutely.
Myles Kennedy
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The press is like a big bass, you just stick a hook in their mouth and they'll take it.
James Woods
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Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.
Henry Winkler
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When I produce a record, I roll up my sleeves; I'm not one of those passive guys. I really get in there and make sure every note is measured. I tell the bass player, 'You have to play it like this,' or I tell the drummer, 'It's got to be like this.'
David Foster
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New Order has always been a hybrid band. We always mixed guitar, bass, drums with electronic.
Bernard Sumner
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I want to learn to sight-read music. And to play the bass pedals on the organ. Those are my only ambitions.
Paul Shaffer
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Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
Geezer Butler
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When I know it's like a bass song, I gotta go with my SP-1200.
Mannie Fresh
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I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.'
Garrett Hedlund
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The lousy guitar player in any band is the bass player.
Jimmy Iovine
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When I started playing the bass, I became kind of fascinated by it and started investigating various styles of bass playing, and I was really struck with funk music, mainly American funk music - Stanley Clarke, Funkadelic and that kind of stuff. That comes out in a couple of songs like 'Barbarism Begins at Home.'
Andy Rourke
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There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song.
Shura
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It's really important for the bass and the drums to somehow blend.
Mike Gordon
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You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.
Lou Reed
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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
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Bass guitar is the engine of the band.
Suzi Quatro
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. I don't only listen to the guitar player.
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I don't know nothing about no jungle and bass.
Timbaland
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Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
Les Claypool
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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.
Glenn Hughes
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