My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. Robert Fripp More Quotes by Robert Fripp More Quotes From Robert Fripp Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence. Robert Fripp silence sound quiet Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians. Robert Fripp musician people thinking Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Robert Fripp music wine wisdom In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse. Robert Fripp despair creative love-is If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on? Robert Fripp audience jazz music A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. Robert Fripp what-is-forgiveness forgiveness mistake 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. Robert Fripp economy-today simple years 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 world directs how we participate in the world. How we participate in the world shapes the world. Robert Fripp our-world shapes thinking Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice. Robert Fripp music voice character Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy. Robert Fripp coffee party book Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment. Robert Fripp moments expectations doors I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state. Robert Fripp creating states mean Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated. Robert Fripp understanding knowing simple 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 confidence. As it is for the audience. In this moment everything else is irrelevant and without power. For those in music, this is the moment when life becomes real. Robert Fripp rewards privilege musician 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. Robert Fripp maturity music art There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake. Robert Fripp success motivational inspirational When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music. Robert Fripp crimson kings play When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. Robert Fripp records artist mistake 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.' Robert Fripp hoover music-love students Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken. Robert Fripp wine silence broken
