--- title: "4 Drummer Quotes By Bill Bruford" description: "4 Drummer quotes by Bill Bruford. Plus more from Bill Bruford and more Drummer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bill-bruford-17260_ability_i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-id_902058.png" --- > [I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the ability to carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-ideas-and-approach-are-strong/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bill-bruford-17260_ability_i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-id_902058.png) > [Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/drummers-haven-t-managed-to-develop-their-individuality-quite-as-well/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/bill-bruford-17260_bolts_drummers-haven-t-managed-to-develop-thei_1634863.png) > [A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/a-rock-band-used-to-be-four-guys-and-a-drummer-now-it-s-five-guys/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/bill-bruford-17260_band_a-rock-band-used-to-be-four-guys-and-a-d_1823075.png) > [Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/plus-i-am-being-hounded-by-all-the-fabulous-new-drummers-bill-stewart/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/bill-bruford-17260_bills_plus-i-am-being-hounded-by-all-the-fabul_2302511.png) ## Other authors on Drummer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-buddy-rich-20284.jpg) Buddy Rich 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/buddy-rich/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-mike-portnoy-5256.jpg) Mike Portnoy 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/mike-portnoy/) - [Jason Bonham 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/jason-bonham/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-damien-chazelle-26095.jpg) Damien Chazelle 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/damien-chazelle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ringo-starr-79189.jpg) Ringo Starr 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/ringo-starr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-phil-collins-75204.jpg) Phil Collins 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/phil-collins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-miles-davis-68255.jpg) Miles Davis 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/miles-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-soltis-13074.jpg) Josh Freese 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/josh-freese/) - [Vinnie Paul 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/vinnie-paul/) - [Taylor Hawkins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/taylor-hawkins/) ## More by Bill Bruford > [We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/we-used-to-drink-an-awful-lot-of-alcohol/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/the-best-practice-you-can-get-is-on-the-bandstand-but-in-between-gigs/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/if-it-s-fast-no-i-don-t-have-enough-piano-technique-in-that-case-it-s/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/but-what-i-think-my-emphasis-is-is-on-the-fact-that-i-like-music-a-lot/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/at-the-end-of-the-whole-day-of-working-with-people-you-want-some/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/entertainment-is-about-telling-everybody-that-everything-is-alright/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/whatever-i-have-come-to-offer-i-have-come-to-offer-and-it-may-or-may/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/sometimes-i-had-to-room-with-tony-kaye-and-that-was-awful/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-mean-chris-is-i-m-sure-a-wonderful-guy-but-in-those-days-he-also/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-ideas-and-approach-are-strong/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/we-were-from-totally-different-social-backgrounds-this-is-what-is/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [The piano is kind of my second instrument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/the-piano-is-kind-of-my-second-instrument/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/holding-on-to-some-of-your-uniqueness-is-the-trick-instead-of/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-don-t-really-remember-a-whole-lot-of-sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) > [I have been steadily exchanging a rock audience who were nervous about what they had just bought for a jazz audience who not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-have-been-steadily-exchanging-a-rock-audience-who-were-nervous/) [Bill Bruford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bruford/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drummer/bill-bruford/#itemlist", "name": "4 Drummer Quotes By Bill Bruford", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Bruford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bruford/i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-ideas-and-approach-are-strong/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bill-bruford-17260_ability_i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-id_902058.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bill-bruford-17260_ability_i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-id_902058.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bill-bruford-17260_ability_i-warm-naturally-to-the-drummer-whose-id_902058.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I warm naturally to the drummer whose ideas and approach are strong, even if he doesn't quite have the…” — Bill Bruford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. 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