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The piano is kind of my second instrument.

Bill Bruford

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it’s five guys sitting around reading manuals!
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Drummer Guy Reading Rocks
Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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Awful Fear Rooms Sometimes
We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Alcohol Awful Fear
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
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
I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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Acoustic Acoustics Music Play
Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that’s where I’m at.
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Entertainment Music Sides
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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Broader Importance Overlook Picture Will
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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Ability Drummer Ideas Strong
Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.
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Approach Piano Pieces Writing
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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Great Things Information Players Question Way
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
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
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
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.
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Discipline Essence Intention Sound

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