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Terry Bozzio Biography

Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.

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You have to study composition to understand that things can be done backwards and forwards and upside down, inverted, but it's mainly just an inner valid intuitive thing. Where do you want to go? Ok this is busy, or this needs some space, or this is too much space so now I want to put more notes in there or something. It's all about contrast. High, low. Fast, slow, thick or thin or what have you. And it's the same with improvisation.

Done, Mainly, Needs, Same, Space, Things

I'm not Zappa, you know. I'm just Terry.

Know, Knows, Terry, Zappa

If I practice I'll really alienate people.

Alienate, Ifs, People, Practice

There's many possibilities for anything.

Possibilities, Possibility

I just want to make music on the drums.

Drums, Make, Music, Want

I don't think I really started to seriously compose until around that time when I was 40.

Compose, Seriously, Think, Thinking, Time

I don't really have that much control over where I play. I put out parameters and I accept what I can. If it's really low, or I had a bad experience at a place then I usually don't play there again.

Accepting, Low, Lows, Place, Play, Usually

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.

Artist, Five, Haiku, Melody, Phrases, The Next One

You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.

Dirt, Noses, Smell, Smells, Stick

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.

Feels, Qualified, Success, Trying, Way

I do the same thing every night, but different.

Different, Every Night, Night, Same

I'm happy doing what I do. That's ok. Some guy could appear tomorrow and do it much better than me, and so be it, but right now I'm just happy to be who I am doing what I do.

Appear, Guy, Right, Tomorrow, Who I Am

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.

Jerk, Records, Think, Thinking, Tons, Tunes

The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.

Enjoy, Life, Process, Rest Of Your Life, Thing

People YouTube me and crap and then, they probably don't want to see me after seeing a friendly posted YouTube video, so I'm constantly having to take those down.

Crap, Friendly, People, Probably, Seeing, Video

I think my music is great for film, but I don't have the opportunity, or goesche to go and pitch myself to Hollywood.

Film, Hollywood, Opportunity, Think, Thinking

If I had my brothers I think with just a little bit of the correct marketing, I'd like to be almost exclusively in small theaters. You know, to me it's like a church for music. You can sit down and really give yourself to the performance and be comfortable with good surroundings and a clean, quiet atmosphere.

Brother, Brothers, Exclusively, Give, Giving, Thinking

There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.

Business, Fame, History, Music, Music Business, Nothing

If you enjoy learning, if you enjoy the curiosity of music and what can be done with it, and stop looking at it as something you have to do because someone says this is what you have to do to be a professional, you know, learn it because you're curious about it and then I think you'll have a much better creative sense and enable this inner voice to come out. These things are not taught and are not encouraged.

Creative, Enjoy, Taught, Things, Thinking, Voice

When I was in eighth grade said sit in at a graduation party and I played 'Boys' by The Beatles and fifty people were standing around with their mouths open. And you kind of get the hint, well maybe I should do this because I'm not very good at sports, I'm not that popular, I'm not very smart, and I'm not very good looking, but when I played the drums, everybody liked it.

Fifty, Looking, Party, Popular, Smart, Sports

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