A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

Guitar is for the head, drums are for the chest, but bass gets you in the groin

I am flattered to have been the woman to have opened the door for female rockers to be accepted into the mainly male industry.

I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar.

After moving to England I did some recording and eventually formed an English band, this was together for quite a few years with only a keyboard replacement. The band had no name, just my name.

Nothing heals like love and time

Len and I had parted musical ways and this was one of the problems.

The bass and drums are the engine, and the key to good bass playing is it's not what you play, it's what you DON'T play that counts. You leave the spaces, they're more important than anything.

I feel that whatever you put out is what you'll get back. I always put out, 'hey, hi, I'm a bass player, no bullshit,' and that's what I got back. I got the respect.

As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

People who know God truly change the life of their nation, and not the government.

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.

I wanted to do a collection where the narrator is constant throughout, so that there's a little unity.

I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom.

I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.

Our God is a forgiving God.

If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.

Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.