
On listening to an early version of Billie Jean on an iPhone
Ebony interview (2007)
"Melodic Structure", Necros, TraxWeekly #15, 1995
On listening to an early version of Billie Jean on an iPhone
Ebony interview (2007)
On how he switched from drums to bass
Modern Electric Bass, Jaco Pastorius (1985)
[Denyer, Ralph, The Guitar Handbook, 2002, Alfred A. Knopf, 88, 0-679-74275-1]
“Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book II, The Timepiece, Line 606.
“As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn’t detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth.”
The Man with Two Left Feet (1917)
“Nothing beats 2 guitars, drum and bass.”
In the liner notes of New York
Desert Island Discs Sue Lawley, BBC, London April 2 2004
On Art
“I write the songs first and in most cases teach myself the technique second.”
As quoted in BAM Magazine (6 April 1990).