We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality – the broader picture, if you will.
BILL BRUFORDWe can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality – the broader picture, if you will.
BILL BRUFORDSecond edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
BILL BRUFORDAt the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
BILL BRUFORDI 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.
BILL BRUFORDI don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
BILL BRUFORDI warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn’t quite have the ability to carry them out.
BILL BRUFORDOne 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.
BILL BRUFORDThe best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
BILL BRUFORDPlus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
BILL BRUFORDWe used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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.
BILL BRUFORDI practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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.
BILL BRUFORDSometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
BILL BRUFORDEntertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that’s where I’m at.
BILL BRUFORDBut what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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