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Robert Fripp Quotes

Beginner’s luck is great for beginners Picture Quote #1

The aim is freedom conscience and truth Picture Quote #1

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society Â” today everything, including ethics, has a price Picture Quote #1

My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews Picture Quote #1

The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving Picture Quote #1

Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible Picture Quote #1

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I’d say that what we hear is the quality of our listening Picture Quote #1

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 training Picture Quote #1

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 play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? Picture Quote #1

Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you’d knew Michael, you would know he didn’t agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn’t agree to the point of definition with many things Picture Quote #1

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative Picture Quote #1

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 of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert Picture Quote #1

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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 of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can’t tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music Picture Quote #1

There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business Picture Quote #1

I’m not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state Picture Quote #1

Purely by hard work, one can become an artist Picture Quote #1

Use your ears to record and your eyes to video Picture Quote #1

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Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment Picture Quote #1

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable Picture Quote #1

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves Picture Quote #1

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence Picture Quote #1

What we hear is the quality of our listening Picture Quote #1

Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence Picture Quote #1

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Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence Picture Quote #1

If the audience doesn’t hear what is going on, is it going on? Picture Quote #1

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated Picture Quote #1

What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely Picture Quote #1

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake Picture Quote #1

Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end Picture Quote #1

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Beginner’s luck is great for beginners (Robert Fripp Quotes) The aim is freedom conscience and truth (Robert Fripp Quotes) What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society Â” today everything, including ethics, has a price. (Robert Fripp Quotes) My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews (Robert Fripp Quotes) The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving (Robert Fripp Quotes) Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible (Robert Fripp Quotes) I’d say that what we hear is the quality of our listening (Robert Fripp Quotes) 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 training (Robert Fripp Quotes) 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 play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not? (Robert Fripp Quotes) Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you’d knew Michael, you would know he didn’t agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn’t agree to the point of definition with many things (Robert Fripp Quotes) Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative (Robert Fripp Quotes) 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 of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert (Robert Fripp Quotes) 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 of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can’t tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music (Robert Fripp Quotes) There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band. (Robert Fripp Quotes) I couldn’t concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business. (Robert Fripp Quotes) I’m not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state. (Robert Fripp Quotes) Purely by hard work, one can become an artist (Robert Fripp Quotes) Use your ears to record and your eyes to video (Robert Fripp Quotes) Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment (Robert Fripp Quotes) A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable (Robert Fripp Quotes) We know others to the extent that we know ourselves (Robert Fripp Quotes) Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence (Robert Fripp Quotes) What we hear is the quality of our listening (Robert Fripp Quotes) Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence (Robert Fripp Quotes) Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence (Robert Fripp Quotes) If the audience doesn’t hear what is going on, is it going on? (Robert Fripp Quotes) Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated (Robert Fripp Quotes) What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely (Robert Fripp Quotes) There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake (Robert Fripp Quotes) Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end (Robert Fripp Quotes)

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