John Entwistle famous quotes

05-17-2025

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.
-- John Entwistle

#Player #Guitar #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

#Fart #Heavy Metal #Heavy
So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble.
-- John Entwistle

#Guitar #Hands #Age
I love playing for people.
-- John Entwistle

#People
I deep sea fish a lot.
-- John Entwistle

#Sea #Fish Tanks #Fishes
We have nine hungry Rottweilers on the farm.
-- John Entwistle

#Agriculture #Rottweilers #Nine
I ain't quiet.. everybody else is too loud.
-- John Entwistle

#Quiet #Loud
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

#Couple #Albums #Add
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

#Mean #Years #Europe
I supply the music for Vampires, which is a new series that's coming out.
-- John Entwistle

#Ghouls #Vampire #Coming Out
I don't wish my career on anyone.
-- John Entwistle

#Careers #Wish
I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.
-- John Entwistle

#Book #Writing #Importance
I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.
-- John Entwistle

#Play #Band #Very Happy
The Netherlands are wet, flat and full of stoned people.
-- John Entwistle

#People #Netherlands #Flats
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 #People #Band
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

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