But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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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 practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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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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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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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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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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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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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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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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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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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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Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We’re Gonna Make You a Star.
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Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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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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