Best 27 quotes of Bill Bruford on MyQuotes

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.

A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

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.

Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality - the broader picture, if you will.

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.

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.

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. And clearly the ones who wrote music were more superior human beings in his mind. So he kind of nudged me and sort of prodded me into it. I picked it up slowly. Then I learned more about chords and harmony and I just kept adding to that. 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.

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.

I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.

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.

My harmony is passable but is usually made more eloquent at the hands of Steve Hamilton.

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.

Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.

Second edition of Earthworks I have the more traditional compositional approach, namely I write a piece from the piano.

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

The piano is kind of my second instrument.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.

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.

You learn so much about music from all the people you surround yourself with - good, bad and indifferent. It's extremely hard to be specific.

With Bruford, the album was One Of A Kind. All-instrumental, it possessed the kind of focused vision that allowed for no ifs or buts. With the unnerving confidence of youth, it had This Is What We Do And This Is How We Do It stamped all over it.