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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

I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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Drug Remember Rocks Sex
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
But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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Emphasis Facts Lot Thinking
A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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Drummer Guy Reading Rocks
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
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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Helpful Style Weakness
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
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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Good People Scotch Sweet
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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Areas Rhythm Rooms
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
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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Great Things Information Players Question Way
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
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano

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