The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
BRIAN ENOThe most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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A responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation – probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar.
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It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
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The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
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The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence , heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor.
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You know that in order to copyright material somebody has to write it down for you. Any piece of recorded material has to be scored in order for it to be copyrighted.
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Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.
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I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you.
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I love the sort of ambivalence of this, the ambiguity of something – being, for instance, in a quite busy Mexican restaurant with one of these very gentle tracks playing I remember as being particularly nice.
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I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.
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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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Once you’ve grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you’ve inherited, you don’t even notice it any longer.
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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 vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it’s a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it’s expensive so you pay attention to how it’s looked after.
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