Robert Fripp Quotes & Sayings

“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.”

“There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.”

“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 completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.”

“My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.”

“I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening.”

“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?”

“According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.”

“What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely.”

“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 a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'”

“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 be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it.”