Jaco Pastorius Quotes

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.

The thing with music education is that it is good at teaching technique, but not texture. You only learn about that from listening to music and experimenting on your own.

I try and approach other music with sensitivity. And, if it's music I don't know, I try and work with other people who are well-versed it in, so that it's done sensitively.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.

It was actually my partner, Bernard Edwards, who helped me develop my sort of funky jazz style.

You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?

My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.

I've been in very many situations where I've not liked the other members of the band or they have not liked me. I grew up presuming that's the way music was made. It doesn't need to be that way. It's taken me years years to find that out.

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.

Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.

I never think my music isn't easy until I got to teach it to other people.

My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond.

I'm a big, big blues fan and the last several years I've really invested in the blues a lot, and I think my playing is getting better because of it - not necessarily better on a technical level, but certainly on a level of appropriateness.

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

It's been in my musical DNA since I was a little kid. I think musical theatre has really influenced everything I've done.

There's nothing worse than working with an orchestra who looks down on working with a conductor who doesn't want to conduct for you. You need to be with an orchestra that can follow you and respect you.

My mother and father didn't know anything about instruments. Me just see a man in the country play guitar one time and say, 'My, the man play that guitar nice.'

I love music with my soul, but I'm also a student of it, so it's very important to me to earn the respect of my peers, my fellow musicians and producers.