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…

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Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I...

Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I...

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in...

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in...

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

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

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

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

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence

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

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

Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility...

Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility...

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there...

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there...

If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not...

If an apprentice does not hear what a master hears, is then that quality not...

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in...

To me, Bill's musical heart is in Earthworks, in the jazz they are playing, in...

The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what...

The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what...

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in...

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in...

Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept,...

Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept,...

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

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

However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that...

However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that...

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra...

If a professional musician in a symphony orchestra is playing Beethoven. But this particular orchestra...

And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a...

And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a...

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing...

So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing...

Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in...

Linguistic philosophers continue to argue that probably music is not a language, that is in...