Given the chance, i’ll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season’s over.
BRIAN ENOCultural 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.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult
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I do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‘I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.’
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It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn’t include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, “Who’s the bass player?” “Who did that?” “Who’s the engineer on this?
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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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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 think that there’s something that I still like about the fact of a package, like the latest report from somebody. “Okay, this is what they’re up to now; this is what they’re doing; who’s working with them?
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In terms of what has been happening recently, there have been, I think, some really interesting new instruments that have come out that sort of show me the direction of the future. Korg has introduced the – they’ve had a whole series now of these things called Kaoss Pads.
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The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them.
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Sometimes they’re of my own creation, as well – and they’re just as annoying. It’s not only other people’s ear worms that bug me, it’s my own, as well.
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Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.
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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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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 want to rethink surrender as an active verb.
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If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.
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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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