The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.

- Jack Bruce

Bach is really the ultimate in bass players you know

- Jack Bruce

I played upright bass. I wanted to write great tunes, play the bass, be a band leader, and smoke a big funny pipe like Charlie Mingus. So I went out …

- Jack Bruce

I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing with diffe…

- Jack Bruce

I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thi…

- Jack Bruce

Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this cou…

- Jack Bruce

I listen to a lot of different kinds of music and rather than just doing one thing when I make an album, the challenge to myself is to write all thes…

- Jack Bruce

Between now and then and I just felt it was ready and it was a long enough period gone by. I obviously didn't want to hurt anybody, you know. It was …

- Jack Bruce

I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.

- Jack Bruce