Bill Bruford Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“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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“But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.”
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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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“I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.”
-- Bill BrufordSource : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
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“I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.”
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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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“My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.”
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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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“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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“This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.”
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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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“At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.”
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“Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.”
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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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“I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.”
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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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“I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.”
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“The piano is kind of my second instrument.”
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