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Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.

Brian Eno

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.
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Development Feelings Human
People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Criticism Hurt People
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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Believe Confidence Keys Self
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of ‘star’ and I didn’t particularly want to be portrayed as one.
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Stars Want
I often work by avoidance.
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Avoidance Often Work
Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.
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Enthusiasm Everything Good
Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don’t fit in a very interesting way.
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Hitting Interesting Melodious Trying
I’ve got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.
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Feelings Interesting World
The tools are evolving, and people’s interests are evolving as well. So, suddenly people like to hear bands, people like Devendra Banhart or the xx, bands that make a kind of virtue of sloppiness.
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Hands People Sloppiness
I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.
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Aquariums Essentials Voice
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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Band Enough Play
For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
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Interesting Manipulate World
I believe in singing.
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Believe Happen Life Magic Singing
Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.
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Calm Space Thinking
I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it.
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Creating Ideas Thinking
What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn’t necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words do, you get a much cruder version of what was actually intended.
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Appropriate Language Notation

Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.

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Some people are very good at being ‘stars’ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.

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