If The Audience Doesn't Hear What Is

Understanding Is Simple. Knowing Is Complicated.

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.

I Would Like, With The Sun Shining Through The Window On A Crisp Early-autumnal Mid-morning, With A Sufficiency Of Monster Cappucino Flowing In My Veins To Prompt Minimal Sentience, To Declare My View For The Record That Drummer Jokes Are A Cruel And Pernicious Form Of Humour Introduced To The World By Under-humoured Persons Lacking In Sensitivity And Concern For Other Drummers.

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.

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.'