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BRIAN ENOWhat I would really like to do, if I could have a sort of kingship for a short time and organize the group of my dreams.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
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I hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
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One of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.
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The great benefit of computer sequencers is that they remove the issue of skill, and replace it with the issue of judgement
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When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition.
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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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People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Painting, I think it’s like jazz.
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I’ve always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I’ll sort of listen to the “lie” and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true…what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.
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I wanted quite the opposite of that. I wanted them to accent their styles, so that they pulled away.
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The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.
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Every collaboration helps you grow.
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When I’ve finally got the title, I think, “Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.
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Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
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I do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‘I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.’
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