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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.

Terry Bozzio

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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
Composer
Drummer
Guitarist
Musician
Percussionist
Singer
Studio Musician
San Francisco County
California
Terry John Bozzio
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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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All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
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You don't know where you're going.
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I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.
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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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You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.
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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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In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
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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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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 know where I'm going, and I don't care where I'm going. As long as I can just do it.
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The way we teach is a very linear kind of way.
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I always liked to make something creative.
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My motives at a young age were, I want to be rich and famous.
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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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I married my Japanese wife Mayumi who I'm so happy with, she's been so supportive. I live part time in Japan at her house, so I've been always very influenced by Japan. Since I guess the 70's or so. I've come to appreciate so much of their culture.
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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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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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I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.
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If I practice I'll really alienate people.
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