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> [Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in the philosophical debate. Another point of view is to say that music is a very profound language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fripp/linguistic-philosophers-continue-to-argue-that-probably-music-is-not/)

[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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