Jaco Pastorius Quotes

I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.

My folks have played everything from rock, disco, pop, funk, and blues. My dad has always brought and played different genres like jazz, classical, and Latin. With all this in my pocket, I feel I have a taste of everything for my influences.

I would say I grew up listening a lot to Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland and Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. I grew up listening to those because my parents were kind of into folk music.

I'm influenced by all types of music.

The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.

I'll never be mistaken for Pat Boone.

I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, and certainly 'Frankenstein' had a very dramatic power rock image. It was almost a precursor of heavy metal and fusion. But I also love jazz and classical and if there's one common thread that runs through all my music, it is blues.

Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.

I'm not reinventing the wheel here. I'm not Chuck Berry or Bill Monroe. Guys like that are from outer space.

I don't ever consciously change gears when I play jazz or classical. It's all music.

I don't think it's changed that much when you go on the principle if Garth introduced more rock into country music, then Florida Georgia Line's gonna introduce more dance and more beat-driven stuff into country music. That's just how it's gonna go. So whatever influences you as a kid, you're gonna put in your music.

My major influences were primarily guitar players and bands; I started playing bass by accident.

My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz.

Musically, I try not to box things in. I try to just play around this spectrum of influences: soul, jazz, and hip-hop.

There's room for everybody. It's like crabs in the bucket - no pun intended, shout-out to k-os - but there's a lot of room for different types of Canadian music, cadences and influences.

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.

The music scene in Michigan is really folky and bluegrass, but my parents played a lot of disco. They really liked to dance.

I'm guilty of being perceived as having narrow taste. I went after the artists that I thought were important - Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen and stuff.

I've always listened to a wide variety of music, and I know that shows through my songwriting evolution.

I've always wanted to do an album with half the people I've worked with. People like Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck and Slash.

Early music in all kinds of movements is always a mixture of innocence and ambition.

Western, jazz, folk, or tribal music, whatever the form, they all have the same sapta swaras as the basis.

Glenn Hughes is one of the most naturally talented musicians, but he's still copying Steve Wonder to this day, so I can't call him a bona fide member of Deep Purple.

I never had a problem moving between jazz and hip-hop.

A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write.