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The first time I ever went to Chicago was with Zappa and I had a fantastic experiences with him and every other band I've played with. It's a great music town.
Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
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San Francisco County
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Terry John Bozzio
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I always liked to make something creative.
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Where does Terry live? Somewhere deep inside. So I just let that come out and try to make something out of it without worrying about techniques or rules or any of that stuff. Just do it, you know. As long as it doesn't burn or get deleted, you know, then somebody will find it someday and I will have left something that I think is beautiful.
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There's many possibilities for anything.
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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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You don't know where you're going.
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All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
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You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.
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I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood.
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If I practice I'll really alienate people.
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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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There are things I've kept over the years and then someday I might pull up a program of some tune that I've done and I go Wow, I know what to do with this now.
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In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.
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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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I don't think I can play the game and sell myself.
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Of course the headspace for the young musician is whatever the guy who is paying you says, is right, but that's all.
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Japan and Europe seem to have a little more cultural education and so the crowds have been a little more big and enthusiastic, and the places I've played seem a little more classy.
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I don't have to be a success. I can just try.
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In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
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Sometimes I feel like a one man crusade against the devaluation of music in America and culture in the arts.
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I have tons of tunes, maybe 30 tunes that I still think are great, and only because some jerk at a record company didn't think it was great, it's not out there.
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