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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.

— Robert Fripp

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Normality is what we might achieve, given who we are, what we are, the conditions and limitations of the world we work within.

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

I woke at 9:57 having got to bed at 6:30 subsequent to spraying burning guitar over David Bowie's new album and not leaving the studio until 5:00.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable, and never acceptable.

Act with courtesy - Otherwise, be polite, but always be kind.

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