John Entwistle Professions : Musician Born : October 9, 1944 Died : June 27, 2002 Browse All Authors Top 24 quotes by John Entwistle I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me. John Entwistle guitar player people I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band. John Entwistle rap band people I ain't quiet.. everybody else is too loud. John Entwistle loud quiet I have got an anthology album out. The American version has got the same mixes but the European version, I remixed them in the studio and added a couple of things that I have always wanted to add. John Entwistle albums couple add So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble. John Entwistle guitar age hands The Netherlands are wet, flat and full of stoned people. John Entwistle netherlands flats people I'm only interested in heavy metal when it's me who's playing it. I suppose it's a bit like smelling your own farts. John Entwistle heavy-metal metals fart I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that. John Entwistle very-happy band play I mean, Eighteen years old is the age of consent in Europe and you can go anywhere and do anything you like. In America, it is dumb. At eighteen you should be able to do anything that you like, except get married. John Entwistle eighteen-years-old mean america I love playing for people. John Entwistle people I deep sea fish a lot. John Entwistle fish-tanks fishes sea With bass, especially bottom end, the vibration has to happen on stage otherwise the feel is wrong. This is why you can't scale the equipment down too far. John Entwistle bass vibrations ends I don't wish my career on anyone. John Entwistle careers wish We have nine hungry Rottweilers on the farm. John Entwistle rottweilers agriculture nine I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance. John Entwistle importance writing book I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out. John Entwistle coming-out vampire ghouls What I feel I am doing now is giving to the people exactly what they paid for but never actually heard before. John Entwistle i-am feel never people We'll open for anyone, we are just looking to play. John Entwistle open looking just play We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals. John Entwistle days only back play This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before. John Entwistle free know you fun Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
