84 Quotes by Robert Fripp

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.

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.'

The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.

What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely.

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.

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.

I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

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