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You know that in order to copyright material somebody has to write it down for you. Any piece of recorded material has to be scored in order for it to be copyrighted.

Brian Eno

The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.
BRIAN ENO

Important People Pieces Searching
I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.
BRIAN ENO

Function Trouble Views
I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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Bloddy Caring Hate
Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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Doing Firsts Nobody
I’ve always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I’ll sort of listen to the “lie” and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true…what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.
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Art Imagine Interesting Lying
American television really is pathetic.
BRIAN ENO

Country Pathetic People Television
Once you’ve grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you’ve inherited, you don’t even notice it any longer.
BRIAN ENO

Accepting Inherited Longer
The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.
BRIAN ENO

Biology Noses Purpose
Most game music is based on loops effectively.
BRIAN ENO

Games Loops Music
Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list.
BRIAN ENO

Last might Statistics
There’s a kind of edge to what you’re doing, the kind of leading edge of what you’re doing. Inside that edge [are elements you] are familiar with, and are probably becoming slightly bored with, as well, over a period of time. “I’ve pulled that one out before. Oh, no, I can’t I’m just fed up with that.
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Bored Retrospect Thinking
The seven white notes on the piano – each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes.
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Piano Simple White
I believe in singing.
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Believe Happen Life Magic Singing
Everybody is entertained to death.
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Death Entertained Everybody
It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
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Democracy Disappear Easy
As soon as you externalize an idea you see facets of it that weren’t clear when it was just floating around in your head.
BRIAN ENO

Clear Floating Ideas

You know that in order to copyright material somebody has to write it down for you. Any piece of recorded material has to be scored in order for it to be copyrighted.

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