I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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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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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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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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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 seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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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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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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The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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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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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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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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So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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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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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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