Brian Eno Quotes
An electronic musician, producer, and music theorist.
(1948 - )
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A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
[Music]
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As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.
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Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.
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Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick.
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For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.
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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
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I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.
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I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
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I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich.
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I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.
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I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.
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I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.
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I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!
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I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.
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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
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I often work by avoidance.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
[Television]
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I take sounds and change them into words.
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