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

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

Robert Fripp

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