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Bill Bruford quotes

British Musician May 17, 1949

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I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only were happy with their purchase, but are increasingly coming again. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in..."
The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. Bill Bruford
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
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. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a..."
This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like..."
But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot. Bill Bruford
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
Bill Bruford quote: "And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing..."
And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be..."
I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "At the end of the whole day of working with people you want..."
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy. Bill Bruford
If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer or sequencer. Then the score can then be printed out and so forth. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "The piano is kind of my second instrument."
The piano is kind of my second instrument. Bill Bruford
I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts. Bill Bruford
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. Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford quote: "I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do."
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do. Bill Bruford

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