Robert Fripp
Robert Fripp
Robert Frippis an English guitarist, composer and record producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth16 May 1946
play musician sound
The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.
mistake artist records
When a record company makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When a manager makes a mistake, the artist pays for it. When the artist makes a mistake, the artist pays for it.
band pulse common
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.
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.
want unnecessary unlikely
What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely.
musical logic
Business logic and musical logic are utterly incompatible.
quality firsts innocence
The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.
coffee book party
Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.
music wine silence
Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.
business care characters dealing former hostile hours lawsuits mean means members music musician playing spend stolen taking various
Being a professional musician doesn't mean you spend 12 hours a day playing music. It means you spend up to 12 hours a day taking care of business, dealing with litigation, with the various characters who've stolen your interests, or fending off hostile lawsuits from former members of the band.
cannot course deal expect manage members next persuade thousands
Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how do you expect the group to deal with the expectations of thousands of people. It is not possible.