If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
BILL BRUFORDWe used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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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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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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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.
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.
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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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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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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
BILL BRUFORDAt the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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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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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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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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So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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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.
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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