IIRC, Bruford talks about this in his book. The sense I got was that access to the American market was the holy grail for most British bands at that time, and it was Yes' goal from the beginning to play in the U.S. So what Bruford said in that interview made perfect sense to me in the context of what I've seen him say elsewhere. I can't specifically recall what other Yes members have said, but I can't believe they would have differed much from what Bruford so eloquently expressed.
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