“Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.” Quote by Robert Fripp
“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.” MayPersonsSometimesMightLove IsCreativeGreaterStrangeDespairAnd LoveImpulseReasonableUncertainBenevolenceUnreasonableUncertain Times Author:Robert Fripp
“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.” MeanEndsDisciplineMeans To An End Author:Robert Fripp
“Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.” GivingSometimesCharacterWishVoiceMusicHeardUnlikely Author:Robert Fripp
“I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.” MeanStatesCreatingMusic Is Author:Robert Fripp
“The creative musician ... is ... the radio receiver, not the broadcasting station. His personal discipline is to improve the quality of the components, the transistors, the speakers, the alloys in the receiver itself, but never to concern himself overmuch with putting out the program. The program is there; all he has to do is receive it as far as possible.” QualityCreativeDisciplineMusicianConcernProgramRadioStationsSpeakersComponentsReceiverBroadcastingTransistors Author:Robert Fripp
“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.” ArtHappensWould BeMusicMusicianMusic IsArt IsCapacityDirectInnocentMysteriousCraftsInnocenceMaturityGuaranteesGoing To Work 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
“You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them” KnowsReasonStarsHurtFloodOverflow Author:Laurie Anderson