"Why didn't I become a blues guitarist? Probably because I wasn't a very good blues guitarist. The thing is, a lot of young players and some established players have said to me, 'I only wanted to be like Clapton.' They didn't say it, but you knew it. That wasn't my aim. Stunning player, but... The question eventually became formulated for me as, 'What would Hendrix sound like playing the Bartók String Quartets?'"

— Robert Fripp