Robert Fripp Quotes

“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.”

“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.”

“I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.”

“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?”

“There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.”

“Saying "yes" to yourself means acknowledging what you have that's good and working on the things that aren't.”

“People who concentrate on giving good service always get more personal satisfaction as well as better business. How can we get better service? One way is by trying to see ourselves as others do.”

“Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.”

“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.”

“Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.”