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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.

Bill Bruford

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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Indifferent People Surrounding Yourself
And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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Areas Rhythm Rooms
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Alcohol Awful Fear
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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Drug Remember Rocks Sex
I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
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Bills Finished Listen Play
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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Country Different Guy Hard
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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Awful Fear Rooms Sometimes
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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Home Phones Practice
But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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Emphasis Facts Lot Thinking
So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that.
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Adding Harmony Learnt More Provided Rugged
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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Holding Stars Tricks Uniqueness
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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Classic Holes Technique
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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Helpful Style Weakness

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