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A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.
~ Robert Fripp
Always
Mistake
Rarely
Unacceptable
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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
~ Robert Fripp
According
America
Attention
Attention Span
Average
Length
Man
Minutes
Span
Today
USA
USA Today
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Band
Common
Definitely
Once
Playing
Pulse
Reference
Rigid
Several
You
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Above
Adult
Attention
Hold
Like
Mature
Minutes
Most
Requires
Something
Training
Whether
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Action
Band
Cannot
Course
Deal
Even
Expect
Expectations
Group
How
I See
Manage
Members
Next
People
Persuade
Possible
See
Thousands
Thousands Of People
Within
You
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However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously.
~ Robert Fripp
Act
Conceptual
Exists
However
Modern
More
Music
Say
Several
Simultaneously
Sophisticated
View
Worlds
Would
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I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening.
~ Robert Fripp
Hear
Listening
Our
Quality
Say
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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?
~ Robert Fripp
Beethoven
Does
Genius
Many
Music
Musician
Orchestra
Particular
Play
Played
Playing
Present
Professional
Remain
Sleep
Symphony
Symphony Orchestra
Times
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Apprentice
Does
Hear
Hears
Lives
Master
Music
Present
Quality
Then
Which
World
Yes
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If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.
~ Robert Fripp
Amount
Huge
Huge Amounts
Material
Playing
Repertoire
Stuck
You
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Definition
Identity
Individuality
Means
Name
Named
Present
Quality
Recognizable
Recognize
Reflects
Terms
You
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Another
Argue
Continue
Debate
Language
Linguistic
Music
Philosophers
Philosophical
Point
Profound
Say
Very
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Agree
Agreed
Album
Album Cover
Cover
Crimson
Definition
Drummer
Either
First
He
King
King Crimson
Knew
Know
Many
Maybe
Michael
Name
Never
Point
Then
Things
Would
You
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Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
~ Robert Fripp
Act
Music
Transformative
Utterly
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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.
~ Robert Fripp
Accept
Accepts
Attending
Audience
Concert
Crimson
Enormous
Expectation
King
King Crimson
Now
Own
Responsibility
Tangible
Tradition
Weight
Which
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So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending.
~ Robert Fripp
Area
Depending
Different
Down
End
Going
Meet
Middle
Orchestra
Other
Particular
Playing
Railway
Set
Simultaneously
Something
Station
Up
You
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The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?
~ Robert Fripp
Audience
Going
Hear
Interesting
Part
Perception
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The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
~ Robert Fripp
Fact
Form
In Fact
Language
Musical
Possible
Representation
Restrained
Spoken
Very
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Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance.
~ Robert Fripp
Accessible
Because
Becomes
Certainly
Concept
Everyday
Immediately
Musician
Necessity
Performance
Something
Then
Timing
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There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.
~ Robert Fripp
Failure
Learn
Mistake
Mistakes
Save
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