Alquin Quotes

We've always had a weird thing with bass players! Hein Mars was the first, he was there for several years though. Then Jan Visser, then Dickie Scholte Noordholt, but that didn't work. Then Frans, but he stopped music altogether. And now Walter, and he's a great guy. A really amazing bass player. Frans was more plucking the strings, Walter makes his notes roll more. Walter is more bluesy, he has a great feeling for music, understands what the songs are about real quickly. 
Michel van Dijk

Ferdinand [Bakker, guitar] and Job [Tarenskeen, drums] had been arranging some charity performances titled Let's Stick Together, with a large choir for several years in a row, in Delft. They were arranging all the stuff - organizing rehearsals, selecting the songs, Job wrote down the chords and lyrics for people and who had to do what, copy all information on large sheets, etc. That's a lot of work when you're doing this for 25 people! And five years ago, they asked me if I'd like to join in once, just for fun. Well, fun it was, and we sort of made an appointment to get back together in a rehearsal room, just for old time's sake. I didn't have to do much, but I was there on time for rehearsals, showing commitment. So trust was beginning to grow again. 
Michel van Dijk