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

— Robert Fripp

Quoted in Robert Fripp's Online Diary, Thursday, 4 June 2009 <br class="br">The Six Principles of the Performance Event <br class="br">Source: http://www.dgmlive.com/diaries.htm?artist=&show=&member=3&entry=14777

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