35 Quotes by Stanley Clarke

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?

There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.

I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a good film composer.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.

You can actually go to school and college to learn how to play and get technical with the electric bass.

I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's evolved the most, especially with how it's perceived. And even how it's played, and how it's viewed from a point of view of commerce, like with the music industry.