Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp
Robert Frippis an English guitarist, composer and record producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 May 1946
differences steps pulse
There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band.
hard-work artist hard
Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.
kings mean feelings
That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen-I mean, telepathy, qualities of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can't tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music.
stuck materials can-do
If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.
music-is
Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
kings names definitions
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.
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.
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.
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.
music listening quality
What we hear is the quality of our listening.
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.'
different entering world
Performance is a vehicle for entering different worlds of experiencing.
views world sophisticated
However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously.
musical logic
Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.