Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Frippis an English guitarist, composer and record producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 May 1946
love-is creative despair
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.
rewards privilege musician
The only reward the musician receives is music: The privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes unto 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 unreal.
simple years economy-today
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.
art maturity 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. The relationship with music is always mysterious: when it works, you can never tell. You can never guarantee when it's going to work. You can only to put yourself in a place where it's more likely to happen.
music wine silence
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
simple knowing understanding
Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.
knows
We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.
forgiveness mistake what-is-forgiveness
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
music audience ifs
If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?
silence sound quiet
Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.