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.
BRIAN ENOEverything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
More Brian Eno Quotes
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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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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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One of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.
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Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.
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Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.
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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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Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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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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We’re going through this super-uptight era, which I think comes entirely from literacy, actually. It’s the result of machines that were designed as word processors being used for making music.
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I’m struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.
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I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems to be about the most important thing a school could do for you.
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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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It’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.
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Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
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