Bill Bruford Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”