The seven white notes on the piano – each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes.
BRIAN ENOSometimes 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.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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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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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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Given the chance, i’ll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season’s over.
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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 think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they’re inclined to encourage that.
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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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My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
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Everybody is entertained to death.
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I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it.
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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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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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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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The reason I don’t tour is that I don’t know how to front a band. What would I do? I can’t really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.
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I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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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.
BRIAN ENO