I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
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.
Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.
I still don't really feel like a bass player.
I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.
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.
I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role.
I always got great respect as a bass player.
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.
I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.