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I'm not a 'guitarist.' I'm trying to be a bassist.

I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.

I consider myself a bassist first.

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I play bass. I play a bit of guitar. I've never been to a lesson, so my theory of music is non-existent in any instrument, but we always had guitars around.

A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

Later in high school, I met Hillel Slovak, who was the original guitar player of the Chili Peppers, and we became really close. We had a band, and we didn't like the bass player, so I started playing bass, and I got a bass two weeks later.

This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument.

I'm not a great guitarist, but I do bits and bobs. I'm mainly a songwriter and a composer. I've done a lot of scoring and some stuff for British pop music that did pretty well, but I've mainly been working on my own stuff with Duncan Sheik.