I hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
BRIAN ENOThe most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.
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I occasionally meet people and they say, ‘Oh, I was born to Discreet Music’… They always have very weird eyes, those people.
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Painting, I think it’s like jazz.
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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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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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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 hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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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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Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I’m obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
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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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Think inside the work – outside the work
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My guitar only has five strings ’cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.
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I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It’s by the sea, there’s a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.
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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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