Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.
Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.
When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music.
According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.
Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end.
My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.
Music never goes away. It is always available, but we’re not always available for music.
Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.
I couldn’t concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.
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.
There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band.
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?
If you are playing repertoire material, you’re stuck. There’s not huge amounts you can do.
Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.
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.
My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.
Beginner’s luck is great for beginners.
Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.
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.