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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 Bruford

If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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Drug Remember Rocks Sex
I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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Acoustic Acoustics Music Play
Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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Approach Piano Pieces Writing
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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Adding Harmony Learnt More Provided Rugged
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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Broader Importance Overlook Picture Will
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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Ability Drummer Ideas Strong
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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Country Different Guy Hard
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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Entertainment Music Sides
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
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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Indifferent People Surrounding Yourself
I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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Bills Finished Listen Play
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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Awful Fear Rooms Sometimes
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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Bills Drummer Fabulous
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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Discipline Essence Intention Sound
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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Musician Remember Two Writing

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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