The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time. Robert Fripp Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. Robert Fripp Read Quote
Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it’s a necessity in ones everyday performance. Robert Fripp Read Quote
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 in which the apprentice lives no. Robert Fripp Read Quote
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 Read Quote
However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously. Robert Fripp Read Quote
