Robert Fripp Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.”

“Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.”

“The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.”

“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?”

“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 that music is a very profound language.”

“And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the 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.”

“If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.”

“To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.”

“Being a professional musician doesn't mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours a day taking care of business, dealing with litigation, with the various characters who've stolen your interests, or fending off hostile lawsuits from former members of the band.”