According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. Robert Fripp More Quotes by Robert Fripp More Quotes From Robert Fripp The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the transistors, the speakers, the alloys in the receiver itself, but never to concern himself overmuch with putting out the program. The program is there; all he has to do is receive it as far as possible. Robert Fripp qualitydisciplinecreative 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 veins to prompt minimal sentience, to declare my view for the record that Drummer Jokes are a cruel and pernicious form of humour introduced to the world by under-humoured persons lacking in sensitivity and concern for other drummers. Robert Fripp concern-for-othersviewsmorning My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. Robert Fripp futilitymusicianexercise Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end. Robert Fripp disciplineendsmean What we hear is the quality of our listening. Robert Fripp qualitymusiclistening 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? Robert Fripp symphonyplaysleep Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence. Robert Fripp musicwinesilence The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language. Robert Fripp musicallanguagefacts Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative. Robert Fripp music-is We know others to the extent that we know ourselves. Robert Fripp knows What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. Robert Fripp unlikelyunnecessarywant The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving. Robert Fripp knowingart Music never goes away. It is always available, but we're not always available for music. Robert Fripp available Michael Giles the first drummer of King Crimson, never agreed to the name King Crimson. But then, if you'd knew Michael, you would know he didn't agree to the album cover either. So maybe Michael didn't agree to the point of definition with many things. Robert Fripp kingsnamesfirsts There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band. Robert Fripp pulsebanddifferences 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. Robert Fripp trainingadultsattention Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing. Robert Fripp enteringdifferentworld If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do. Robert Fripp stuckmaterialscan-do The aim is freedom conscience and truth Robert Fripp aimconscience 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. Robert Fripp railway-stationorchestradifferent
