Robert Fripp

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

What we hear is the quality of our listening.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I love songs that are very autobiographical.

I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I’m about to get.

When rock came in, people didn’t know what to do. Even Sinatra, he didn’t know what to do. The music was changing. And it’s changing now.

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it’s like the human voice

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

I’m trying to get people to see that we are our brother’s keeper. Red, white, black, brown or yellow, rich or poor, we all have the blues.

The more you play, the more you hear and the more you hear, the more you want to play.

I’d take my guitar and play on the streets. A gospel song would get me a pat on the head. But a blues would get me a dime. So you see why I stuck with the blues.

As far back as I can remember, singing was in my blood. My parents loved music, and I loved to sing. I was scatting at an early age.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

He knows I rip him off every day. He’s the godfather for me. Nobody can say they aren’t influenced by what Stevie Wonder has done.

I have music inside me and I’m very lucky to be able to play music and that’s the way that I try to do it.

Love songs last because they are about feelings that don’t change.

When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.