Quote #17

'I was never a bass player. I've never played anything. I play guitar a bit on the records and would play bass, because I sometimes want to hear the 'sound' I make when I hit a string on a bass with a pick or my finger; it makes a different sound than anybody else makes, to me. But I've never been interested in playing the bass. I'm not interested in playing instruments and I never have been.'

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