"The best practice you can get is on……" — Bill Bruford
"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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27 Quotes by Bill Bruford
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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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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Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
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Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to…
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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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We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we…
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So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.
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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.
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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…
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More Bandstand Quotes
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one of 15 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed…
— Miles Davis
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This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.
— Wynton Marsalis
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The bandstand is a sacred place.
— Wynton Marsalis
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My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th…
— Frederick Reines
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
— Jerry Garcia
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to…
— Narada Michael Walden
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I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything…
— Chubby Checker
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My granddad was an evangelist, and my grandma, she was as tough as nails. She watched 'American Bandstand' every day…
— Alice Cooper
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You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on…
— Charlie Parker
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We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom…
— Paul Simon
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How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and…
— Wynton Marsalis
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The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred…
— Stefon Harris
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