Every label thinks, when they sign someone, 'This is the perfect pedigree to sign. They're cute, they can sing, they can dance, et cetera.' And they say to the public, 'Here, this is what you're gonna like.' But you might say, 'No, I don't like that!' You'll probably say 'no' many more times than you'll say 'yes!'

Jackson was the bass guitarist on the 1991 self-titled Divinyls album (which features the song "I Touch Myself") as well as featured bassist on several tracks of Tracy Chapman's 1992 release Matters of the Heart. [citation needed]
Jackson is the manager for the Charlotte-based band Paper Tongues. Richards assembled an all-star band which included Aretha Franklin on piano and lead vocals and Jackson on bass guitar.

He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. Jackson has won a Grammy Award as a producer. Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson (born June 23 1956) is an American bassist singer record producer entrepreneur and television personality.