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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

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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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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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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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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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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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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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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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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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So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.

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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

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