Chris Squire
Chris Squire
Christopher Russell Edward Squirewas an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as the bassist and founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the only member to appear on each of their 21 studio albums, released from 1969 to 2014...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
depends personally prefer promoters sell various
It depends on various things like if the promoters want to have a break so they can sell more T-shirts and booze, then they ask if we can do an interval. I personally prefer not to do that. Once you get onstage, I like to stay there.
business enjoy muddled playing profile somehow system
Persistence is a pretty important part of making it in this business, which, in retrospect, is the easy part. Maintaining a profile is the difficult part of the job. Somehow or another, I muddled through that system and somehow am around to still enjoy playing for people.
asked bassist bought imported john picked store third
I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.
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You're only as big as your last hit.
best british-musician came course four hard possible sure worked
I know I always worked hard on making sure we came out with the best possible product and of course we were working with four other people, you have to balance that as well.
british-musician good pull
Pull the good out of it and not worry about the drawbacks.
change good realizing
After awhile, you start realizing that change is good for you. It's healthy.
bit business latitude movies music tend terms wide
All movies, when they're about the music business, tend to have a bit of a wide latitude in terms of how things really were.
hated session work
I couldn't get session work because most musicians hated my style.
except few occasions played
I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'
hope
I hope, after I'm gone, there will still be a Yes.
developed few people tricks
I learned to do a few tricks that other people hadn't done before. I developed that trebly bass thing a little further.
fan marquee
I was a big Who fan when I was 15, 16 years old, and I used to go watch them play at the Marquee Club in London as often as I could.
great horn relationship work
I would work with Trevor Horn any day of the week. I have a great relationship with him.