John Deacon Quotes

I played a guitar with a file, and a synthesizer.

The Fender Precision is my instrument, my beloved Precisions.

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting.

In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

I got my first real bass guitar in my hands when I was 14 - a 1957 Fender Precision, which is still hanging on the wall in my front room. I loved the heaviness of it and the feel of the wood. I still do.

I consider myself a bassist first.

I can sing, but I consider myself a bass player. I'm, you know, a musician first.

Normally, I can get through a whole show with one guitar pick.

My bass is my weapon.

I still play that guitar. It's a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I've played that guitar on and off my TV shows for nearly 50 years.

I do use an electric violin. Actually, my regular electric violin, which I sometimes use, is by Ned Steinburger.

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

I started playing with a group of young people when I was 13. I turned professional when I was 15 and I played dance halls, this on bass guitar.

I wonder if I could make an electric bass.

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

My first instrument was a little blue ukele.

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

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.

I still don't really feel like a bass player.

I'm the quiet bass player.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.