You have to find a way of recognizing and describing the quality inherent in the music. If you fail to do that, then the piece itself is compromised.
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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
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
Robert Fripp
Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
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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.
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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
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