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.
When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass because I couldn't play lead, and I didn't have the gear.
It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.
The hardest instruments for women to play are bass and drums. Drums because of the physicality needed and bass just because its heavy and it's not an easy instrument to play.
During college I realized I had a music predisposition and really got involved in it. I started playing bass guitar. That was how I began to fit in.
I like writing songs. I like the camarderie of the and. I like touring. I love playing bass. And then there's free beer.
I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.
I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen.
