I’m not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
BRIAN ENOAmerican television really is pathetic.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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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.
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Think inside the work – outside the work
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I believe in singing.
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What I would really like to do, if I could have a sort of kingship for a short time and organize the group of my dreams.
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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.
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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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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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Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.
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I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but I reject the idea that you can’t be a deep human being without it or any of them.
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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 thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste – the waste of human intelligence and creativity.
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People in the arts often want to aim for the biggest, most obvious target, and hit it smack in the bull’s eye.
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One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.
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Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list.
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