Michael Anthony - I didn't want to be the bass...

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

Bass Bass Player Back Our Minds Guy He None Always Wanted Us Who Played Player Fat

Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything. Quincy Jones

Waiting Guitar Partner Nice Bass Changed Everything Section Had Since Along Come Became Without Rock Rock-N-Roll Fender Been Motown Roll Rhythm Rhythm Section Electric Electric Guitar Round

From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me. Edgar Meyer

Music Myself Me You Remember Father Thought Seen First Bass Bass Player Everything Somehow Had He Know Identified Pass Just Anybody Loved Dynamic Straight Much Moment Who Ever Player

The energy in the banjo, and the beef in the bass. They're good tools to express yourself. Ben Lovett

Good Yourself Energy Bass Tools Beef Banjo Express Express Yourself

With guitar, bass and drums, you've got limited horizons. Bernard Sumner

You Guitar Bass Horizons Drums Limited Got

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night. Buddy Rich

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything. Charlie Haden

Beautiful Music You Matter Bass Everything Out Kind More Bottom Drops Makes Sound Just Stops Full Enhances Playing

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass. David Sanborn

You Degree Bass Changes Everybody Ensemble Kind Record Forces Greater Because Than Just Different Dynamic Sensitivity Acoustic Different Kind Really Electric Play Nuance Tone Spectrum

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