And as you said, everyone contributed; certain areas of material came from certain individuals.
Billy Sherwood

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.
Billy Sherwood

Everyone is really getting along with each other and we enjoy each others company and love playing live.
Billy Sherwood

I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.
Billy Sherwood

I don't have any assistants, I do it all myself, I don't have any secretaries.
Billy Sherwood

I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.
Billy Sherwood

I have always enjoyed different kinds of music.
Billy Sherwood

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.
Billy Sherwood

I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes.
Billy Sherwood

I love the feeling of creating pictures in someone's mind just by spelling out the right lyrical combination.
Billy Sherwood


I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.
Billy Sherwood

I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.
Billy Sherwood

I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.
Billy Sherwood

I write on all instruments.
Billy Sherwood

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.
Billy Sherwood

I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.
Billy Sherwood

I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.
Billy Sherwood

I've had the luxury of owning my own studio, 24 analogue, 48 digital, endless effects, endless hardcore gear, that I don't have to rent, I don't get stuck with the bills, it's all mine.
Billy Sherwood

It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's not likely that a major label would have picked it up and said that they had a smash hit record.
Billy Sherwood

So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power amps and I know what I can deliver out of my studio.
Billy Sherwood