Brian Eno
Quotations
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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.” -Brian Eno
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“I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.” -Brian Eno
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“I’m always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven’t thought of doing yet.” -Brian Eno
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“I’m actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.” -Brian Eno
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“Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically.” -Brian Eno
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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.” -Brian Eno
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“I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.” -Brian Eno
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“One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn’t if you knew better.” -Brian Eno
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“The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.” -Brian Eno
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“When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That’s one of the great feelings – to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies…
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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.” -Brian Eno
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“I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.” -Brian Eno
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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.” -Brian Eno
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“I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.” -Brian Eno
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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.” -Brian Eno
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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.” -Brian Eno
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