All Robert Fripp Quotes
- A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. Always Forgivable
- 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… Another Point
- And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to… Band
- However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously. Act
- According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. According
- What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. Expensive
- 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… Area
- To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit. Acoustic
- If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can… Beethoven
- Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight… Accept
- Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance. Accessible
- There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake. Failure
- Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Cup
- What we hear is the quality of our listening. Hear
- If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on? Audience
- My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews. Improved
- My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. Exercise
- The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time. Artistry
- Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how do… Action
- I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening. Hear
- The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not? Audience