I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
BILL BRUFORDI practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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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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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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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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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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We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality – the broader picture, if you will.
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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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A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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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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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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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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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.
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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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