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The bass is an instrument to create a foundation for everybody else to party.
”Abraham Laboriel
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When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything.
”Charlie Haden
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The bass should be the note of the bass drum, and then you’ve got the engine of the band.
”Suzi Quatro
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The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band.
”Victor Wooten
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Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.
”Stanley Clarke
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The bassist’s job is to make the drummer sound good.
”Jack Bruce
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Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin.
”Suzi Quatro
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Nobody notices I’m there until I’m not.
”Garry Tallent
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There’s no money above the fifth fret.
”Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn
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You are never more than a half-step away from a ‘right’ note.
”Victor Wooten
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I like to believe that I play bass like Dusty Hill, and that's something nobody else can do as well as me.
”Dusty Hill
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My favorite moments are when the bass falls in the pocket with the drums.
”Nikki Sixx
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The gunk makes the funk.
”James Jamerson
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Anything worth doing good takes a little chaos.
”Flea
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Bass is for people who can't play guitar.
”Eddie Van Halen
