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There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling.
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I have always enjoyed different kinds of music.
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The piano is kind of my second instrument.
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We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol.
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So when bands work with me and it's 10 o'clock, usually you'd have to be getting out of the studio, we could go on until 2 in the morning cause it's my place!
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And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.
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There are times for inner changes. Be ready for the choice!
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So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.
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I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.
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I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing.
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The Seventies were just an interesting time for us because we were building the brand of the name but also varying the style of the music on each of the albums we did. Very creative time of us.
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When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.
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I know that if I went to other studios, like in Vancouver, that those are set up to be as professional and as true, so it's just a different flavour, it's a different sound, but I think both have their place.
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This is love that surrounds, only a fool without wisdom can see. Blind as I am in your eyes, my lady of dreams.
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When I left I just played in rock bands, and started playing acoustic, washed dishes, but pretty much supported myself with music.
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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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With how huge Yes was, especially in the '70s and '80s, as a touring band and actually playing at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to 130,000 people, which is the biggest-paying show ever in rock history, you would think we'd done enough for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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This state of independence shall be!
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We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through.
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The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.
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We receive all we venture to give. And one of the things I've learned over the years is that giving is everything, and taking is nothing.
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I think it was 'Tales of Topographic Oceans' on 8-track that was the funniest thing because it would fade out in the middle of a song and fade back in again, and when the tracks change, it was quite amusing.
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Sometimes I hear a drum groove in my head and I rush down to my studio.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.