It’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.
BRIAN ENOEverything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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As soon as you externalize an idea you see facets of it that weren’t clear when it was just floating around in your head.
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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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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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People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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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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Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don’t know that I’m doing it, usually.
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I hate the rock music tradition. I can’t bear it!
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Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.
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Let’s do something else.”And you always think “Oh my God I’ve never done anything at all like that before.” But, of course, in retrospect, and to an outsider, they’ll say, “Oh, yeah that’s typical Eno.
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People always focus on people like me who use synthesizers, right, which are explicitly electronic and therefore obvious.
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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 don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.
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Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well.
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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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