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 BRUFORDSecond edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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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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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 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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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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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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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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A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that.
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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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Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that’s where I’m at.
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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.
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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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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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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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