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

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?

When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music.

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.

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

The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.

My life has improved so much since I stopped doing interviews.