Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
BRIAN ENOI’ve noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it’s far enough in the future.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn’t if you knew better.
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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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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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Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult
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It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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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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I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they’re inclined to encourage that.
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I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years.
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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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In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.
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I wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do.
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My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.
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Given the chance, i’ll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season’s over.
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The reason I don’t tour is that I don’t know how to front a band. What would I do? I can’t really play anything well enough to deal with that situation.
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