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.

Music is the cup that holds the wine of silence. Sound is that cup, but empty. Noise is that cup, but broken.

In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable and love is greater even than this. May we trust the inexpressible benevolence of the creative impulse.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

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.

There is a difference between being a timekeeper and keeping the pulse or being in step with the pulse in the band.