147 Quotes About Bass

The fundamental role that the bass has always had is to outline the lower parts of the harmony and be supportive rhythmically. You work very closely with the drummer, usually in a jazz group and in the rhythm section. It is sort of a fulcrum in the group.

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.

Another convention is that the drummer and bass player are timekeepers, but there's no reason they have to be bound to that.

It's simply because there are people who are out there who didn't think a bass can grow to more that 22.25 pounds. It's because of how elusive the record has been for so many years.

I never played in Ozzy's band. We played a lot of festival shows together and my company did supply Ozzy's bass players with equipment.

Journalism is my first love. But music comes in a close second. What's important for me is that whatever you do, whatever your passion is, you should have another passion - something in your life. And when I put on that musician hat and I put the bass in my hands, I'm not Lester Holt the TV guy anymore. I'm just Lester Holt who likes music.

He just was the most humble rock star I have ever met, besides having the best hands of any bass player in the history of rock and roll,

It's scary because he moves around well, he's got great hands and great feet and he's doing a lot of things because Bass isn't there anymore. More things are happening for Davis and he's responding.

We are going to focus on uses that are compatible with Bass Pro.