John Entwistle

“My playing is no more aggressive than coming home from work and complaining about the boss.”

“I just wanted to be the first one to use a Marshall stack.”

“It's my job to be the quiet one. I have to be.”

“Bass guitar has been the best thing that ever happened to me.”

“We're a weird band. I mean, we're not like the Stones.”

“You have to be in a rock band to understand what it's like. It's a completely different world.”

“I'm not a great frontman. I'm a great bass player.”

“The first bass I ever had was a homemade one. I made it out of a piece of mahogany.”

“My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.”

“I've got a thing about showing my loyalty to my friends.”

“The first time I saw a bass guitar, I knew that was the instrument for me.”

“Actually I've got a collection of thirty-three guitars, which is my favorite number.”