Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Frippis an English guitarist, composer and record producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 May 1946
kings play crimson
When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music.
musical facts language
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
exercise musician futility
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.
available
Music never goes away. It is always available, but we're not always available for music.
giving-up careers choices
I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.
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.
training adults attention
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.
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.
interviews
My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.
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.
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.