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"Remain in hell without despair."
"Did anyone notice anything today?" "Did anyone... get irritated today?" "I don't have a string of fast cars or fast women, and I don't take any drugs at all, not even asprin." "I am resplendent in divergence." "I could not see how it was possible to be a musician and a human being simultaneously." |
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Is naturally left handed (but plays the guitar the right handed way)
Quotes freely from Plato, Shakespeare, Jacques Ellul, E.F. Schumacher, T.S. Elliot, Stafford Beer, Proudron, and others.
Coined his techinque of playing with electronics "Frippertronics".
Had a revelation reading J.G. Bennett's book "Is There Life on Earth?" leading him to Gurdjieff .
Has formed, disbanded, and reformed the group King Crimson many many times.
See one of his long time collaborators Brian Eno .
Conducts 'Guitar Craft' classes and seminars where one can:
through:
The concept of 'irritation' has special status since it let's you know your alive.
note: He forbids recorders and note taking during his lectures and guitar teaching explaining "If you must write it down, you haven't really learned it".
Cites these as useful musical sources:
See:
"Creativity: The Magic Synthesis" by Silvano Arieti.
GRIDS is part of