Bill Bruford
Book Reviews
- ‘[Bill Bruford – The Autobiography] is an unusually literate and reflective work which dissects the drummer's art, and the dilemmas faced by modern musicians in general, with an almost surgical precision’.
- ‘Bill Bruford’s autobiography is a frequently hilarious recounting of his long life in progressive rock and jazz. Defying every drummer joke you’ve ever heard, he writes successfully from inside the music’.
- ‘…the text is intimate, clever, concise, and witty – a bit like Bill’s drumming’.
- ‘Professorial in its remit and written with a bone-dry wit and an authoritative elegance that will be the envy of many far more high- profile cultural commentators, this might just end up becoming one of the best-informed, most informative textbooks of its time’.
- ‘An engaging and dryly witty style that makes for an easy, can't- put-it-down read... This book addresses matters anecdotal, technical, practical, emotional and philosophical with style, panache and élan’.
- ‘Head and shoulders above the majority of books in its class’.
- ‘Bruford is a literate biographer and honest’.
- ‘It’s frank, cynical, very amusing, inspiring, thought provoking and highly recommended’.
- ‘Bill Bruford’s The Autobiography is one of the most original books you’ll ever come across, penned by a man that some would still label a ‘rock star’.
- ‘The most extraordinary autobiography I’ve ever read on music’.
- ‘This is an intelligent, articulate and sensitive book’.
- ‘...a terrific autobiography’.
- ‘His insight is keen, his stories compelling’.
- ‘Bill Bruford’s story is not just for drummers. It is for all artists, musicians, music lovers, or anyone who wonders what it’s really like to spend your life trying to make the music you love’.
- ‘This is a very honest and realistic look at the music business and the differences between being famous and being successful… (Bruford’s) story is ultimately a triumph of artistic integrity over a music industry that often seems to despise creativity.’
- ‘There has never been a doubt that Bruford is a consummate musician; this book proves he's an extraordinary wordsmith as well’.
