Are you kidding about the autograph? How did you get him to do it? Did he lecture you first? You should have taken his picture just as he handed it back to you!
I could pull your leg and tell you we go back a long ways...
...but the real story is: Fripp played a string of nights at Washington Sq. Church, NYC a few years ago with Trey Gunn and the California Guitar Trio. He had them on sale for $10 a piece.
I have talked to him a few times, at the World Financial Center at cd signings or after a concert.
I own an original CD release of Discipline with his autograph on it.
Did he lecture me first? Nah, but he has evaded questioning about if Bruford was going to be the drummer in the reformed '90s Crimson. The next night, he made fun of my NJ accent while the Trey and the Calif. Gtr Trio laughed.