A biography for Billy Sherwoodhasn’t been written yet.
“When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.”
“I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.”
“And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.”
“I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.”
“It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's not likely that a major label would have picked it up and said that they had a smash hit record.”
“I love the feeling of creating pictures in someone's mind just by spelling out the right lyrical combination.”
“I have always enjoyed different kinds of music.”
“I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.”
“So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.”
“You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.”
“And as you said, everyone contributed; certain areas of material came from certain individuals.”
“I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.”
“So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power amps and I know what I can deliver out of my studio.”
“I know that if I went to other studios, like in Vancouver, that those are set up to be as professional and as true, so it's just a different flavour, it's a different sound, but I think both have their place.”
“I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.”
“I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.”
“Sometimes I hear a drum groove in my head and I rush down to my studio.”
“I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes.”
“We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.”
“I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.”