Bill Bruford

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

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

“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 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.”

“We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.”

“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.”