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"What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely."
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"But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes."
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"I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it."
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"When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that."
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"So, you can set up an orchestra down this end of the railway station playing one particular area, and simultaneously at the other end something completely different going on. And in the middle they meet, or not, depending."


"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."


"Then certainly for a musician timing becomes something that is immediately accessible as a concept, because it's a necessity in ones everyday performance."


"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."


"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?"


"Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert."


"However, in modern conceptual frameworks there is a more sophisticated view. I would say that the act of music exists in several worlds simultaneously."


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


"The perception of the audience is the interesting part. If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on or not?"
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