black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

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.
BILL BRUFORD

Indifferent People Surrounding Yourself
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
BILL BRUFORD

Instruments Kind Piano
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Discipline Essence Intention Sound
A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
BILL BRUFORD

Drummer Guy Reading Rocks
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Holding Stars Tricks Uniqueness
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.
BILL BRUFORD

Helpful Style Weakness
Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
BILL BRUFORD

Bills Drummer Fabulous
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Great Things Information Players Question Way
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Musician Remember Two Writing
I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.
BILL BRUFORD

Bills Finished Listen Play
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
BILL BRUFORD

Figures Hearing Something
The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
BILL BRUFORD

Best Gigs Practices Shapes
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
BILL BRUFORD

End People Privacy Want Whole
I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
BILL BRUFORD

Acoustic Acoustics Music Play
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Ability Drummer Ideas Strong
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.
BILL BRUFORD

Adding Harmony Learnt More Provided Rugged

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Bruford Quotes