The texture suggests some kind of mood, and the mood suggests some kind of lyric. That’s like working in reverse, often quite the other way around, from sound to song. Although often they stop before they get to the song stage.
BRIAN ENOThe philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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I don’t like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.
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Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.
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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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People do dismiss ambient music, don’t they? They call it ‘easy listening,’ as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.
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With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.
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Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
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Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!
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A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
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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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All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.
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Every collaboration helps you grow.
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Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process.
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You don’t have to act as if you know what you’re doing
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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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Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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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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I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.
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Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them.
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I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
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I do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‘I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.’
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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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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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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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I think we’re about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.
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