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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.
In 1972, I got my first electric bass and started playing the kind of instrument I play now. I found that the majority of musicians couldn't bear that. They are not used to listening to the bass because they think the bass is in the background to support them.
Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.
I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see my friends.
From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.
I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.
I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.
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.