I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a very bad imitation on the bass of Jerry Jemmott, Bernard Odum, Jimmy Fielder, Jimmy Blanton,… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I had an upright - it took me years and years to get enough bread to get it. I'm from Florida, so one morning… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
My concept is not bigger than Weather Report. I am Weather Report. It comes through me; I do not create nothing. It comes from… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
It's really easy to play harmonics, anyone can do it. It's another thing to be able to swing, to make to make a band… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Joseph Zawinul and Toots Thielmans, in my opinion, are the only Europeans who can play rhythm-and-blues. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I play in tune like a cello player and use legitimate vibrato. There are no tricks; it's just all in the hands! — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life. — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal? — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing… — Jaco Pastorius Copy Share Image
