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 BRUFORDThe piano is kind of my second instrument.
More Bill Bruford Quotes
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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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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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Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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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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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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But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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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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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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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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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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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 seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.
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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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