Jaco Pastorius Quotes

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together

Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out.

A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?