Bill Bruford's Earthworks Quotes

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy. 
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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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Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star. 
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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. 
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I found all the instrumentalists to be fascinating and mysterious, why particularly the drummer I have no idea. 
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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. 
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I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do. 
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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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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. 
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My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton. 
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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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People come with expectations and as a bandleader I constantly try to remind the audience to leave its expectations in the lobby. 
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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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Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano. 
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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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The piano is kind of my second instrument. 
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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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We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through. 
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol. 
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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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Well, the more money you pay for a record, the more money you interfere with it - and this was a big budget record. 
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