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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.
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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More quotes by Terry Bozzio
I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.
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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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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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My motives at a young age were, I want to be rich and famous.
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In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.
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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.
Terry Bozzio
I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.
Terry Bozzio
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 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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Sometimes I feel like a one man crusade against the devaluation of music in America and culture in the arts.
Terry Bozzio
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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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.
Terry Bozzio
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.
Terry Bozzio
I don't think I can play the game and sell myself.
Terry Bozzio
In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
Terry Bozzio
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.
Terry Bozzio
I'm pretty proud of everything I've done.
Terry Bozzio
If I practice I'll really alienate people.
Terry Bozzio
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.
Terry Bozzio
All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
Terry Bozzio
