Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.
BRIAN ENOIt’s nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn’t think of.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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I’ve got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.
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The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
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The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he’s a musician as well.And he sends me MIDI files of keyboard pieces. So, these are pieces where I just get a MIDI file.
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One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn’t bother to find new ones.
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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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A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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Quite often, and in fact more often, I would say, I’m struggling all the way through to think, “What is it I like about this? What is the personality of this thing I’m hearing that I like so much?”
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Culture is everything you don’t have to do.
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Let’s do something else.”And you always think “Oh my God I’ve never done anything at all like that before.” But, of course, in retrospect, and to an outsider, they’ll say, “Oh, yeah that’s typical Eno.
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I believe in singing.
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It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
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I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.
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