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I don’t like celebrity programmes – but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

Brian Eno

I had an interesting day. I was in the studio with a group of musicians, who shall remain nameless, and I said to them “Our exercise today is not to use ‘undo’ at all. So, there’s no second takes. Or, if you do a second take, you have to do the whole take.
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Exercise Interesting People
Think inside the work – outside the work
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Inside Thinking Work
In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
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People Song Track
People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Criticism Hurt People
I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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Atheist Choir Knows
Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don’t agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it – or chuck it away if they don’t want it.
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Enough Position Relation Someone Use
All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.
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Best Minutes Written
I’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.
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Agree Enough Terrible
I hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
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Bears Hate Rocks
It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn’t include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, “Who’s the bass player?” “Who did that?” “Who’s the engineer on this?
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Bass Credit Engineer Player
One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn’t if you knew better.
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Interesting Moving Musical
I don’t like celebrity programmes – but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.
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Evolve Ideas Programme
The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
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Decision Hands Ideas
Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
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Art Calling Philosophy
I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.
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Arrows Niche Target
If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.
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Grow Up Ideas Strong

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