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Image, So I have the classic amateur’s technique; I know some very tricky

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

—Bill Bruford

Image, I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong,

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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.

—Bill Bruford

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

—Bill Bruford

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If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

—Bill Bruford

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Image, Drummers haven’t managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists

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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.

—Bill Bruford

Image, I didn’t write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon

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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.

—Bill Bruford

Image, Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is

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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.

—Bill Bruford

Image, And we’d drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a

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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.

—Bill Bruford

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Image, We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an american to understand

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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.

—Bill Bruford

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

—Bill Bruford

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

—Bill Bruford

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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

—Bill Bruford

Image, And we’d drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink…

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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.

—Bill Bruford

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Image, I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded…

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I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded… a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon.

—Bill Bruford

Image, I didn’t write any music at all, and then, I remember jon anderson being very insistent saying that there

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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.

—Bill Bruford

Image, Close to the edge, red, one of a kind, discipline, earthworks, the sound of surprise

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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.