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I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

Bill Bruford

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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Alcohol Awful Fear
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
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
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
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
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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End People Privacy Want Whole
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
The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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Instruments Kind Piano
If I was hearing something I couldn’t do, I would figure out how to do it.
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Figures Hearing Something
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
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
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Home Phones Practice
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
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
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
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
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

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