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"music is the only thing keeping the planet together"
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"it's time, us musicians need to get to work,
this is bullshit"
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handwritten quotes by Jaco: "in red ink"
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"allow your right hand to move up the neck for different tones"
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"if you want to get things done right, you gotta do it yourself"
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"women, children, and rhythm section first"
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"if it's muggy, I must be thirsty"
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"close enough for jazz"
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"be there or be square"
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"you dig"
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"gimme a gig"
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"turn in your cumberbun"
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"the sound is in my hands"
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"it ain't braggin' if you can back it up"
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"rhythm is the whole deal"
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"musicians are the nicest people in the world"
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"A chimpanzee could learn to do what I do physically.
But it goes way beyond that.
When you play, you play life."
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"I'm a punk from Florida"
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"The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!"
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Musician Magazine, August 1980
Musician: Where's rock and jazz influenced music headed in your view?
Pastorius: It's going to Ft. Lauderdale. That's where I'm going on Monday.
What can I tell you? I can play rock-and-roll and I can play jazz.
I don't know too many people who can do both.
And that's the future.
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"Why a manager, I don't need to pay anyone to say how great I am."
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"I am not here to raise hippy consciousness, I am here to wet some panties."
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"I like singers. I listened a lot to Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Otis Redding.
That's how I feel my music. That 'human' sound you're talking about, it comes from singers."
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"I would tell you some jokes but I don't speak Italian"
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