I don't show just anyone how to crust a sea bass. That's sacred information.
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
It would be obvious for me to do conceptual art, and I think I've done it already with smashing bass guitars and whatever - I consider that as conceptual.
I don't want to interview people. I want to have a conversation. I want to talk to Paul McCartney about the bass sound on 'The White Album.'
None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.
There's a couple of tracks on the new record which is sort of using similar sort of rhythms as the drum and bass tracks but playing it all live. It's a new approach to it.
When I was 14 I would pick up my brother's bass guitar, and I would just pound on it, having no idea how to play it.
Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.
'Take My Breath Away' had that interesting bass line, which I hear quite often. It had that terrible change of key, which Terri Nunn hated, but I loved.
Many of our own people here in this country do not ask about computers, telephones and television sets. They ask - when will we get a road to our village.
Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.
Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.
Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end.
I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.
There's individual turntable setups devoted to piano, bass, drums and a set for soloing as well. We like to try and explore the gamut of what a turntable can do.
Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.
My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.
I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.
