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.
BRIAN ENOThe most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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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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You don’t have to act as if you know what you’re doing
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Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.
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Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.
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Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them.
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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
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If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.
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Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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We’re going through this super-uptight era, which I think comes entirely from literacy, actually. It’s the result of machines that were designed as word processors being used for making music.
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One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.
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People always focus on people like me who use synthesizers, right, which are explicitly electronic and therefore obvious.
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As struggles go, being an artist isn’t that much of one.
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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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A big ego isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out.
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It’s nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn’t think of.
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