Geddy Lee Quotes

I've been playing the bass guitar for almost twelve years and fretless for about nine, so I've got quite a bit of mileage in my hands already.

Besides, the bass isn't a difficult instrument to play. It's like one step up from the kazoo, isn't it?

It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument - learning to do your craft - that's the most important thing! It's not about what goes on in a computer!

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

To me, the biggest notes and the longest notes are the easiest notes.

Peter Baltes was the best bassist I ever played with.

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

As for my stuff, I'm just doing guest verses for other people's records. I try to stay recording, because if I don't, I get rusty.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.

I know a few chords on the guitar, but I wouldn't be able do a show or even be part of a jam session with one.

Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.

I play the real instruments. I don't waste my time with anything else.

I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.

From the start, I held the pick in an unusual way. I used to bend my thumb way back in order to get a good angle for fast playing. I played that way for 10 years.

Our music is harder to play than it sounds. It's the small details you don't realize are there until you try and re-do it.

A lot of people don't realize that guitar playing is very much like singing or playing any of the glissando-type instruments - you have to do it in tune.

I'm the greatest bass player in the world.

I think I've been playing bass for as long as I've played guitar, and I love them both.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

It's actually not that hard to play guitar in a rock band.

I started taking the bass more seriously when I heard Jaco Pastorius.

One of the things that benefited me that anyone can learn is classical technique. That shows the orchestra that exists within the instrument.

I was never much of a bass player.