Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Frippis an English guitarist, composer and record producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 May 1946
eye records ears
Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.
quality world doe
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.
mean names individuality
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.
aim conscience
The aim is freedom conscience and truth
students music-love hoover
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.'
music wine silence
Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.
heart musical bills
To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in the acoustic kit.
music listening quality
What we hear is the quality of our listening.
everyday musician timing
Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.
kings responsibility expectations
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.
different orchestra ends
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.
philosophical views profound
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.
stuck materials can-do
If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.
hero blow winning
I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor the fundamental credibility of the storyline: the good & bad guys are clearly delineated & easily recognizable, the hero duffs over the baddies, things blow up loudly & spectacularly, the good guy wins. Entirely credible.