Pastorius Quotes & Sayings

For those who dare to dream, embrace their nightmares and face adversity. — Jalissa Pastorius

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

Do as I have taught you, and you will stay alive. — George S. Patton

She [Joni Mitchell] wanted to have that (jazz) element in her music. Of course, when she heard Jaco's [Jaco Pastorius'] music and met him, that floored her
really grabbed her. She decided that Wayne Shorter was really conducive to her music. She would speak metaphorically about things. "I want this to sound like a taxicab driver, or a taxi in New York," or "I want this to sound like a telephone ringing." She would speak to musicians like that, and we really tuned into what she would want our music to be. — Don Alias

And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog! — Christina Stead

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, Igor Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, James Brown, Charlie Parker ... the cats, man. I'm just backing up the cats. — Jaco Pastorius

Bigotry does not consort easily with free trade. — Peter Ackroyd

Where else can you be as free as by yourself in the middle of nowhere, or in the middle of the ocean, or on the peak of a mountain. Adventure is freedom. — Daniel Norris

This woman talk like she from so deep in the country she got corn growing in her shoes. — Kathryn Stockett

Flirting with the maids now, are we?" Edward said, pouring ale from the jug into the tankards. "Merely reminding myself of my masculinity. Being the dandy can shake it's foundations on occasion." "Dinner with Lynden being one of those occasions?" Hughe accepted the tankard with a grunt. "Next time he makes eyes at me, I'll thank you not to laugh."

-Monk & Hughe — C.J. Archer

Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be someone who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes action, and you will move life forward. — Ralph Marston

I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet. That's why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something. — Billy Crystal

He caught her eye. 'And? I'm jealous-minded and I sleep with too many women.'
Fire's smile grew. 'Luckily for you, I loved you long before either of those things.'
'But you don't love me as much as I love you,' he said. 'Which is what's made me this way. — Kristin Cashore

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

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 swing, to create a groove. Harmonics ain't everything. Being able to play harmonics certainly does not make you a good bass player. Cleverness is no substitute for true awareness. — Jaco Pastorius

Women and rhythm-section first!? — Jaco Pastorius

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

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

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor! — Jaco Pastorius

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

The first thing the reasonable man must do is to be content with a very little knowledge and a very great deal of ignorance. The second thing he must do is to make the utmost possible use of the knowledge he has and not waste his energy crying for the moon. The third thing he must do is try and see clearly where his knowledge ends and his ignorance begins. — Arthur David Ritchie

Come, Lord Jesus, put an end to this state of sin, sorrow, and temptation; — Matthew Henry

It doesn't matter where she looks, there are always the beautiful imperfections of a marriage. — Tor Udall

The contents of the massive banks behind these successive revetments makes it quite clear that the material was derived from the incorporation of earlier occupation levels. — Kathleen Kenyon

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together — Jaco Pastorius

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