“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.” IfsCommonBandPulseMeter Author:Robert Fripp
“If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra have played this particular chestnut so many times, they can play it in their sleep. Does the genius remain present in the music or not?” IfsDoePlaySleepParticularGeniusMusicianOrchestraSymphonyChestnutsSymphony Orchestras Author:Robert Fripp
“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.” IfsResponsibilityAcceptingAudienceKingsExpectationsTraditionWeightEnormousConcertsTangibleAttendingCrimsonKing Crimson Author:Robert Fripp
“The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.” IfsFirstsQualityFirst TimeCapacityAssumingInnocenceArtistry Author:Robert Fripp
“If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?” IfsMusicAudienceJazz Author:Robert Fripp
“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.'” IfsStudentsSellsMusic LovePlumberHoover Author:Robert Fripp
“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.” IfsMeanNamesTermQualityIdentityIndividualityDefinitionsIndividualism Author:Robert Fripp
“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.” IfsWorldDoeQualityMastersOwnersApprenticeYes And No Author:Robert Fripp
“If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.” IfsCan DoMaterialsHugeAmountStuck Author:Robert Fripp
“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.” IfsKnowsFirstsNamesKingsAgreeDefinitionsAlbumsDrummerCrimsonAlbum CoversKing Crimson Author:Robert Fripp
