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Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live!

~Dev Hynes

Topics: Bass Cello Drums First Instrument Live Never Piano Play Recorder Saxophone Them Then Violin

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Hendrix was the bass player for Little Richard. We were both left-handed, but we would use a right-handed guitar held upside down and backwards. He developed my slides and my riffs. In fact he used to say, and this is documented, 'I patterned my style after Dick Dale.'

~Dick Dale

Topics: After Backwards Bass Bass Player Both Developed Documented Down Fact Guitar He Held Hendrix In Fact Left-Handed Little Player Richard Riffs Say Slides Style Upside Upside Down Use Used Were Would

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Every time I want to impress someone about samples and hip-hop, I play 'Portrait of Tracy.' It's one of the greatest bass players ever doing a whole composition with only the two harmonics of electric bass; then a three-second loop in it became every great R&B song in five-year intervals.

~Diplo

Topics: About Bass Became Composition Doing Electric Ever Every Every Time Five-Year Great Greatest Hip-Hop Impress Intervals Loop Only Play Players Portrait Samples Someone Song Then Time Tracy Two Want Whole

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I was in Fort Lauderdale from about age 7 to 14. And that's where I learned the most about music. My favorite DJ was this guy named DJ Laz and the Miami bass guys. I was super into, like, Arthur Baker, that kind of stuff.

~Diplo

Topics: About Age Arthur Baker Bass Favorite Fort Guy Guys Kind Learned Like Miami Most Music Named Stuff Super Where Dj

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I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

~Donald Dunn

Topics: Al Bass Bass Player Because Best Better Drummer Got He Him Jackson Knew Play Player World Worshipped Would

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I tried the guitar, but it had two strings too many. It was just too complicated, man! Plus, I grew up with Steve Cropper. There were so many good guitar players, another one wasn't needed. What was needed was a bass.

~Donald Dunn

Topics: Another Bass Complicated Good Grew Guitar Guitar Players Had Just Man Many Needed Players Plus Steve Strings Too Tried Two Up Were I Tried

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When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

~Donald Dunn

Topics: Bass Bass Player Because Heard King Knew Made Play Player Record Sixteen Sweet Thing Wanted

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I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward.

~Dustin Diamond

Topics: Attention Bass Listen Music Pay Pay Attention Really Tend Toward Write

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At the time, I didn't know that bass would not be enough for me. I'm not a bass player because bass is always a background instrument even to this very day.

~Eberhard Weber

Topics: Always Background Bass Bass Player Because Day Enough Even Instrument Know Me Player Time Very Would

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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.

~Eberhard Weber

Topics: Accepted Background Bass Developed Handful Just Kind More Musicians Only Only A Handful Play Playing Pretty Realized Soon Than Way Which

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