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.
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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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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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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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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I don’t really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, really.
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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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I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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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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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 practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
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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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But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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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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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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The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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