To me, art is the capacity to experience one's innocence: craft is how you get to that point. Maturity in a musician would be the point at which one is innocent at will. At that point the relationship between music and the musician is direct and reliable. The relationship with music is always mysterious: when it works, you can never tell. You can never guarantee when it's going to work. You can only to put yourself in a place where it's more likely to happen.
What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, includin… - 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 – today everything, includin…
- Robert Fripp
Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice. - Robert Fripp
Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. - Robert Fripp
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment. - Robert Fripp
Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.
The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term a… - Robert Fripp
The plot details of B movies are irrational: accept that people do things that are contradictory, against their own best interests, have short term a…
The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes us into its confidenc… - Robert Fripp
The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes us into its confidenc…
Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence. - Robert Fripp
Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.
I would like, with the sun shining through the window on a crisp early-autumnal mid-morning, with a sufficiency of Monster Cappucino flowing in my ve… - Robert Fripp
I would like, with the sun shining through the window on a crisp early-autumnal mid-morning, with a sufficiency of Monster Cappucino flowing in my ve…
The way we describe our world shows how we think of our world. How we think of our world governs how we interpret our world. How we interpret our wor… - Robert Fripp
The way we describe our world shows how we think of our world. How we think of our world governs how we interpret our world. How we interpret our wor…
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