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Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
Robert Fripp
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Robert Fripp
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 16
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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.
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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.
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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously.
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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, including ethics, has a price.
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Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.
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To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.
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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.
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Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.
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My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.
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If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?
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Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.
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