The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
BRIAN ENOI 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.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It’s still got the same strings on it.
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I’m not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
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The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
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The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he’s a musician as well.And he sends me MIDI files of keyboard pieces. So, these are pieces where I just get a MIDI file.
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When I’ve finally got the title, I think, “Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.
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Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don’t agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it – or chuck it away if they don’t want it.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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Most game music is based on loops effectively.
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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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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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If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.
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Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.
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When people censor themselves they’re just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
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When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.
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