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> [So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/so-you-can-set-up-an-orchestra-down-this-end-of-the-railway-station/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

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## More by Robert Fripp

> [Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/then-certainly-for-a-musician-timing-becomes-something-that-is/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/i-recommend-my-students-not-to-be-professional-unless-they-really/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/even-within-the-band-if-i-cannot-manage-to-persuade-the-members-of/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/so-you-can-set-up-an-orchestra-down-this-end-of-the-railway-station/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/if-the-audience-doesn-t-hear-what-is-going-on-is-it-going-on/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/what-has-changed-in-40-years-it-s-very-simple-40-years-ago-there-was/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/we-know-others-to-the-extent-that-we-know-ourselves/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/my-life-has-improved-so-much-since-i-stopped-doing-interviews/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/if-an-apprentice-does-not-hear-what-a-master-hears-is-then-that/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/music-is-the-cup-which-holds-the-wine-of-silence/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/according-to-usa-today-the-average-length-of-an-attention-span-of-a/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/usually-people-think-that-it-is-the-musicians-who-create-the-music/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/a-mistake-is-always-forgivable-rarely-excusable-and-always/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/to-me-bill-s-musical-heart-is-in-earthworks-in-the-jazz-they-are/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

> [That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen-I mean, telepathy, qualities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/that-certain-feeling-happened-to-me-in-a-big-way-quite-often-with-the/)

[Robert Fripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fripp/)

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