At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
BILL BRUFORD- And 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.
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And 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.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.
BILL BRUFORDClose to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.
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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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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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I didn’t write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn’t.
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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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And 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.
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.
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One of the great things about having good players in your band is that you just ask them questions. You can pick up some good information that way.
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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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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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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.
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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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We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.
BILL BRUFORDWe were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.
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