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  • A Bassist Once Said...

    If you didn't read these Bass Quotes the first time around, now's your chance to hear what the players are saying.



    “When I usually go to my studio to work, I start with something that is going to take two minutes just to put some idea down and the next thing I know, ten hours have gone by and my family is screaming at me because they want me to come up to have dinner with them.”

    Geddy Lee - Bassist


    “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 - Bassist


    “You don’t burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.”

    Cliff Burton - Bassist


    "It's been my experience that great musicians become great not because they want to beat other musicians in popularity contests, but because they want to satisfy their own aesthetic standards. I've also found that those motivated primarily by competition tend to limit themselves artistically - and they tend to become obnoxious."

    David Hungate - Bassist


    "Whatever the situation or level you're playing at, my feeling is you've got to be a strong player. Bass is a strong instrument; you can't allow yourself to play it weakly, with no authority. You've got to play with an attitude, because everybody's listening to the bass - and I dare anyone to challenge me on that..."

    Chuck Rainey - Bassist


    "Funk to me is where I came from; it's the way I grew up. It's even deeper than the music. It's the way we communicated; actually the way we lived. It's like ten people in a small room and it's 110 degrees outside and there's no air conditioner. It's when the bill collector comes and you don't have any money to pay. It's when you've had as much as you can take and you can't take no more. What do you do? Funk it. That's when you grow into the funk.

    Bootsy Collins - Bassist


    "In the bathroom, people look at the tile—I look at the grout! That’s the way I relate to the bass, too. I don’t try to be too definitive. It’s funny about the bass. I see a guy with a righteous bassline and I wanna meet him—‘I really like that bassline!’ And I find out the guy’s been playing two months because his buddy made him! That’s how righteous it is! You can write good basslines when you’re just starting. It’s not the most notes—it’s the right notes!"

    Mike Watt - Bassist


    "I never heard him play a note he didn't mean..."

    Dave Pomeroy on the late Roy Huskey, Jr. - Bassist



    Comments 9 Comments
    1. Patrick's Avatar
      Patrick -
      You forgot the most important one :

      "A band without bass is like lightning without Thunder"

      Roy Vogt - Bassist

    1. Elmeaux's Avatar
      Elmeaux -
      I didn't want to include any RV quotes...the fabulousness of his words would take away all the attention from the others'....
    1. TLDTR's Avatar
      TLDTR -
      Great article Elmeaux! (And a piquant addendum, Patrick!)
      Ed.
    1. Greg Jewell's Avatar
      Greg Jewell -
      "You've got to play with an attitude..." Chuck Rainey.
      Seven words that tie it all together.
    1. stantonl's Avatar
      stantonl -
      Great stuff Elmeaux, thank you!
    1. jthomas353's Avatar
      jthomas353 -
      I like Cliff Burton's comment. I still like to keep things slow to make sure I've "got it" before I move on but don't want to get burnt out working on just one thing. As the saying goes "variety is the spice of life".

      Thanks for posting this Elmeaux.

      John
    1. mcfly's Avatar
      mcfly -
      It's nice to hear about the simple-real things that can keep you motivated.
    1. Elmeaux's Avatar
      Elmeaux -
      Durn tootin.

      Oh...welcome, Mcfly...don't think we've heard from you yet.

      Get busy and post a pic of your bass.
    1. DONNIE B's Avatar
      DONNIE B -
      i will be glad when i can play well enough to make a quote . until then i will keep moving at a slow steady pace. and some day i will git there. still loving it and working on it .
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