Expectation closes the door to what is happening in the moment.

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

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

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

The only reward the musician receives is music: the privilege of standing in the presence of music when it leans over and takes us into its confidence. As it is for the audience. In this moment everything else is irrelevant and without power. For those in music, this is the moment when life becomes real.

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'