I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn’t quite have the ability to carry them out.
BILL BRUFORDAnd we’d drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink… And now people don’t drink nearly as much, for good reason. We’re all a little wiser.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We’re Gonna Make You a Star.
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with – good, bad and indifferent. It’s extremely hard to be specific.
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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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