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It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.
Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
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Drummer
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San Francisco County
California
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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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I don't have to be a success. I can just try.
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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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There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.
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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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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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I always liked to make something creative.
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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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If I practice I'll really alienate people.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Sometimes I feel like a one man crusade against the devaluation of music in America and culture in the arts.
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In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.
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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 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 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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