Plus I am being hounded by all the fabulous new drummers, Bill Stewart at the head of the pack.

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The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.

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So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

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I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

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And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area.

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This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.

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Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.

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We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.

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I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon.

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Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums that captured the essence of the intention.

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