Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
BRIAN ENOA responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation – probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that’s what the music is about.
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The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
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So, that means you can only play either very high or very low or both. And we’re going to stay there until I take my finger down.
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Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don’t fit in a very interesting way.
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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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It’s easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.
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I don’t like celebrity programmes – but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.
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I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
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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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I believe in singing.
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Everybody is entertained to death.
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One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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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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The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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