"I had an upright — it took me years and years to get enough bread to get it... I'm from Florida, so one morning I wok…"

"Give me a gig!"

"I was playing drums, and I had broken my wrist very bad playing football, and the bass player in the band... he wante…"

"I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound."

"Saying Pastorius is the greatest jazz-based bassist of all time would not be a stretch. Unfortunately, Pastorius' off…"

"A fiery and muscular player, Jaco Pastorius, who passed away in 1987 at the age of 35, remains one of the most influe…"

"Comin' in on a wing and a pray'r Comin' in on a wing and a pray'r Tho' there's one motor gone, We can still carry on,…"

"O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world…"

"Three cheers for the red, white, and blue."

"Being curious is an absolute rule of life. If you don’t have that, I don’t know what you're doing in this music."