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Bassist Inspirational Quotes (1083)

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I understand travel. I understand the experience of travel. I mean there is something of the air-conditioned gypsy in me.
Greg Lake
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When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way. I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot.
Steve Diggle
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Early on I learned to question everything. But I feel like everything is so divisive right now. Going against the grain would be to not be divisive and be inclusive. That's the disruptive way to go about it.
Mike Dirnt
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As a kid, I said, 'I want to write for movies.' When I finally had that opportunity it was like I was able to exhale. 'Wow, I'm finally doing this for real.
Cliff Burton
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
Paul McCartney
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I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities.
Edgar Meyer
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I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.
Esperanza Spalding
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It's rare that I ever meet a musician who doesn't agree that music is a language. But it's very rare to meet a musician that really treats it like one.
Victor Wooten
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I wanna try and stay a student for life.
Mike Watt
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I believe that you should move and eat right.
Randy Jackson
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Live Aid turned our world upside down.
John Deacon
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It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.
Geddy Lee
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
Paul McCartney
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Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will.
Horace Panter
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To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song.
Jason Newsted
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I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that.
Geezer Butler
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When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did Exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids.
Roger Waters
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You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going. That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.
Jeff Ament
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All we ever got in those [early] days was Where are you from? Liverpool? You'll have to be in London before you can do it. Nobody's ever done it from Liverpool.
Paul McCartney
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We [americans] self-regulate ourselves, we self-censor ourselves a lot in this country instead of having someone else censor us so we can blame them. That's not good, either.
Serj Tankian
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I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
Paul McCartney
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There's no way you could get me onstage with someone that I didn't like. No way. I would never do that. We have our gripes and stuff like that. All bands have their drama, but life is too short to be miserable around somebody that you don't like.
Mike Dirnt
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I come from a family of losers, and I've rejected my family as something I don't want to be like.
Sting
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You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!
Nikki Sixx
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