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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
Composer
Drummer
Guitarist
Musician
Percussionist
Singer
Studio Musician
San Francisco County
California
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You don't know where you're going.
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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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You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.
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In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
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All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
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The way we teach is a very linear kind of way.
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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 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 always liked to make something creative.
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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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My motives at a young age were, I want to be rich and famous.
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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 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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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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It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.
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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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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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