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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

Given the chance, i’ll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season’s over.
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Baby Beach Chance
If you think of the way a composer or say a pop arranger works – he has an idea and he writes it down, so there’s one transmission loss. Then he gives the score to a group of musicians who interpret that, so there’s another transmission loss.
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Down Loss Thinking Transmission Writing
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
Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.
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Human Self Smart Thinking
It’s nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn’t think of.
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Nice People Thinking
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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Believe Kindness Thinking
The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.
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Easily Forgotten Important
Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences.
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Art Philosophical Photography
Painting, I think it’s like jazz.
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Jazz Painting Thinking
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
In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient – ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.
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Country Hip Hop House Person
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that’s what the music is about.
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Music People Thinking
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
People who are very confident in themselves aren’t hurt by criticism. They make use of it.
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Criticism Hurt People
All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.
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Best Minutes Written
The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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Artist Impressed Past

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