Robert Fripp Quotes
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Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.
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Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.
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Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.
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Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.
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In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is…
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Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.
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Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.
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I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.
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The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the…
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We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.
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I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be…
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The aim is freedom conscience and truth
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The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
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Music never goes away. It is always available, but we're not always available for music.
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In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can…
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But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires…
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If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not present in the music? Yes and no. In the world…
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The only reward the musician receives is music: The privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes unto its…
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Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.
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Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.
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