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 beethovenchestnutgenius share on social
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? Robert Fripp audiencehearinterest Change image and share on social
What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. Robert Fripp expensiveunnecessary Change image and share on social
I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening. Robert Fripp hearlistenquality Change image and share on social
According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. Robert Fripp americaattentionaverage Change image and share on social
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility. Robert Fripp exercisefutilityjoyless Change image and share on social
The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time. Robert Fripp artistryassumecapacity Change image and share on social
My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews. Robert Fripp improveinterviewlife Change image and share on social
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. Robert Fripp bandcommonmeter Change image and share on social
There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake. Robert Fripp failurelearnmistake Change image and share on social