“I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, beca...” — Tina Weymouth Quote

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

When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those.

I don't want to wreck my voice. I love to concentrate on playing the bass and keeping it very rock-solid. If I were singing, I would have blown out my voice.

You learn just as much from your failures. Sometimes you love your failures even more.

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you take as much time off as we did, eight years, booking agents don't know if you'll draw.

I'm a bass player and I love the bass.

I often wonder why girls who do get into music tend to be just singers, or else play the piano. And if they do pull on a guitar, why is it more likely to be the bass? Why not lead?

If you were a musician playing our tunes, you had to play the bass like me for the song to sound right. Then, when these people started writing their own music, the bass players kept using that style. I never thought it would be anything new.

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.

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.