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You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.
Terry Bozzio
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Terry Bozzio
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 27
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San Francisco County
California
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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
You don't know where you're going.
Terry Bozzio
I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.
Terry Bozzio
In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.
Terry Bozzio
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
You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.
Terry Bozzio
All of your experience comes into play when you're composing.
Terry Bozzio
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.
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
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.
Terry Bozzio
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
There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.
Terry Bozzio
There's many possibilities for anything.
Terry Bozzio
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.
Terry Bozzio
I always liked to make something creative.
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
The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.
Terry Bozzio
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.
Terry Bozzio
The way we teach is a very linear kind of way.
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
