Terry Bozzio Quotes
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In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.
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I do the same thing every night, but different.
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When I was in eighth grade said sit in at a graduation party and I played 'Boys' by The Beatles and fifty people were standing around with their mouths open. And you kind of get the hint, well maybe I should do this because I'm not very good at sports, I'm not that popular, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very good looking, but when I played the drums, everybody liked it.
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I don't have to be a success. I can just try.
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All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
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Some great experiences I've had and little by little I've come to the realization that everything Frank Zappa told me was the truth, whether I wanted to believe it or not. You know, I was young and naive or in denial. But he really was a special, special human being.
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Being a professional does not have a very high standard.
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We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for whatever discipline they're in.
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Half the stuff I've written was written when I was half asleep watching the David Letterman show when some boring actress was on talking about herself. I would just mute the TV, look over to the computer and start plugging in notes. Then the next morning you go "Wow, I like this". I'd almost forget what I did, and then it would inspire me to go on and do the next thing. That's what I do. Just kind of follow my own little thing.
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I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able to play.
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There's things I'd like to do, but I've found that pretty much anything that I try to will to happen doesn't happen, but if you just kind of let go and let things fall into place, somehow I end up being able to do the right thing or the right time.
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If it's something that I just can't get anywhere with, even if I think this could be a hit, I just drop it and it doesn't get developed.
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People YouTube me and crap and then, they probably don't want to see me after seeing a friendly posted YouTube video, so I'm constantly having to take those down.
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I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.
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I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making a living playing music.
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I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can just try.
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My motives at a young age were, "I want to be rich and famous".
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The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.
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In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from the internet.
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Money and fame are very inconvenient and very problematic.
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I'm happy doing what I do. That's ok. Some guy could appear tomorrow and do it much better than me, and so be it, but right now I'm just happy to be who I am doing what I do.
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I'd love to do music for films.
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From the time I started playing solo drums, doing clinics and stuff, you know I think one of the largest selling clinics I ever did was in Chicago.
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I always liked to make something creative.
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I just want to make music on the drums.
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I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.
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It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.
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The way we teach is a very linear kind of way.
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There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.
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If I practice I'll really alienate people.
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