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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.

Brian Eno

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
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People Underground Velvet
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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Art Philosophical Photography
When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape.
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Interesting Running Track
Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.
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Easier Made Technically Things
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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Creating Ideas Thinking
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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Certain Messages Rich
Think inside the work – outside the work
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Inside Thinking Work
Quite often, and in fact more often, I would say, I’m struggling all the way through to think, “What is it I like about this? What is the personality of this thing I’m hearing that I like so much?”
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Dark Personality Struggle Sweet
A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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Become Control Immortal Part
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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Believe Encourage Important School
Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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Doing Firsts Nobody
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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Ego Mean Risk
Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
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Art Calling Philosophy
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
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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Feelings Interesting World
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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Categories Sometimes Term

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