10th Sept
Speaking to journalist Rob Hughes in 2014, Fripp outlined the approach the new lineup was taking in relation to a setlist that included so many venerable and venerated KC numbers. “One King Crimson principle is that the music is new whenever it was written, even if it was written 45 years ago. The newness is an attitude. It’s the divide between the professional player and the artist. The professional knows exactly what they can do and they’re utterly reliable. That holds no interest for me whatsoever. Someone once asked Elvin Jones, John Coltrane’s drummer, what mindset he adopted on stage. He said: ‘You have to be prepared to die with the motherfucker.’ That’s the level of intensity that you recognise as a musician.”
Speaking to journalist Rob Hughes in 2014, Fripp outlined the approach the new lineup was taking in relation to a setlist that included so many venerable and venerated KC numbers. “One King Crimson principle is that the music is new whenever it was written, even if it was written 45 years ago. The newness is an attitude. It’s the divide between the professional player and the artist. The professional knows exactly what they can do and they’re utterly reliable. That holds no interest for me whatsoever. Someone once asked Elvin Jones, John Coltrane’s drummer, what mindset he adopted on stage. He said: ‘You have to be prepared to die with the motherfucker.’ That’s the level of intensity that you recognise as a musician.”
