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Brian Eno quotes: Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.

Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.

Brian Eno quotes: Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Brian Eno quotes: I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.

I'd rather hold one note for an hour and modulate it so that it means something than play 3,000 notes in 15 seconds.

Brian Eno quotes: Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over.

Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over.

Brian Eno quotes: Law is always better than war.

Law is always better than war.

Brian Eno quotes: 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.

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 quotes: John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.

John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.

Brian Eno quotes: I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.

I think audiences are quite comfortable watching something coming into being.

Brian Eno quotes: The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste - the waste of human intelligence and creativity.

The thing that obsesses me more than anything is waste - the waste of human intelligence and creativity.

Brian Eno quotes: I want to rethink 'surrender' as an active verb.

I want to rethink 'surrender' as an active verb.

Brian Eno quotes: Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

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

Brian Eno quotes: I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.

I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.

Brian Eno quotes: The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.

The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten.

Brian Eno quotes: Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.

Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.

Brian Eno quotes: People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.

People who are very confident in themselves aren't hurt by criticism. They make use of it.

Brian Eno quotes: I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

Brian Eno quotes: Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.

Brian Eno quotes: I've got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.

I've got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.

Brian Eno quotes: Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

Brian Eno quotes: You can't really imagine music without technology.

You can't really imagine music without technology.

Brian Eno quotes: People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

Brian Eno quotes: Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them,

Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them,

Brian Eno quotes: With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.

With all fashion, what we do is play at being somebody else. We play at inhabiting another kind of world.

Brian Eno quotes: The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.

The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

Brian Eno quotes: I hardly ever go into the studio with a work complete in my head. It emerges from communal activity.

I hardly ever go into the studio with a work complete in my head. It emerges from communal activity.

Brian Eno quotes: Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.

Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.

Brian Eno quotes: Honour thy error as a hidden intention.

Honour thy error as a hidden intention.

Brian Eno quotes: A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

Brian Eno quotes: I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

Brian Eno quotes: If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.

Brian Eno quotes: I love good, loud speakers.

I love good, loud speakers.

Brian Eno quotes: The idea that something is uncool because it's old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.

The idea that something is uncool because it's old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.

Brian Eno quotes: I cant duplicate my own successes, because part of the creation of that effect is making something happen that you didn't expect

I cant duplicate my own successes, because part of the creation of that effect is making something happen that you didn't expect

Brian Eno quotes: The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

Brian Eno quotes: Being an artist is a job for life.

Being an artist is a job for life.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm very opinionated.

I'm very opinionated.

Brian Eno quotes: It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

Brian Eno quotes: Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future.

Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future.

Brian Eno quotes: Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Brian Eno quotes: Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

Brian Eno quotes: The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

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 quotes: I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.

I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

Brian Eno quotes: One often makes music to supplement one's world.

One often makes music to supplement one's world.

Brian Eno quotes: Most game music is based on loops effectively.

Most game music is based on loops effectively.

Brian Eno quotes: The computer brings out the worst in some people.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

Brian Eno quotes: I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.

I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.

Brian Eno quotes: When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.

When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.

Brian Eno quotes: Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

Brian Eno quotes: I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.

I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.

Brian Eno quotes: I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them.

I've never used a PC in my life; I don't like them.

Brian Eno quotes: You can't have a relationship with a device whose limits are unknown to you, because without limits, it keeps becoming something else.

You can't have a relationship with a device whose limits are unknown to you, because without limits, it keeps becoming something else.

Brian Eno quotes: Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.

Brian Eno quotes: The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

Brian Eno quotes: I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

Brian Eno quotes: Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.

Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.

Brian Eno quotes: I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

Brian Eno quotes: Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer.

Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer.

Brian Eno quotes: I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's.

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.

I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender.

Brian Eno quotes: The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

Brian Eno quotes: I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.

I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.

Brian Eno quotes: If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.

If something is good, you must torture it mercilessly until it is either dead or great.

Brian Eno quotes: My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.

My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing.

Brian Eno quotes: It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.

It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.

Brian Eno quotes: You talk to me as if from a distance And I reply with impressions chosen from another time.

You talk to me as if from a distance And I reply with impressions chosen from another time.

Brian Eno quotes: It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.

Brian Eno quotes: Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

Possessions are a way of turning money into problems.

Brian Eno quotes: I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.

Brian Eno quotes: The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

Brian Eno quotes: I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens.

I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens.

Brian Eno quotes: Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.

Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.

Brian Eno quotes: I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future.

I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future.

Brian Eno quotes: If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes.

Brian Eno quotes: Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

Composition is a way of living out your philosophy and calling it art.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

I'm kind of an evangelical atheist.

Brian Eno quotes: Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Brian Eno quotes: Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

Ambient music must be as ignorable as it is interesting.

Brian Eno quotes: Art is not an object, but a trigger for experience.

Art is not an object, but a trigger for experience.

Brian Eno quotes: One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

Brian Eno quotes: If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

Brian Eno quotes: Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

Brian Eno quotes: Also something that you don't have to listen to from beginning to end - you can enter at any point and leave at any point.

Also something that you don't have to listen to from beginning to end - you can enter at any point and leave at any point.

Brian Eno quotes: All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

Brian Eno quotes: I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.

Brian Eno quotes: Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3.

Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3.

Brian Eno quotes: I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.

I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there.

Brian Eno quotes: I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'

I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'

Brian Eno quotes: Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

Ideas reflect the moment, and so you have to use them. If you store ideas, they wither.

Brian Eno quotes: I despise computers in many ways. I think they're hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

I despise computers in many ways. I think they're hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

Brian Eno quotes: I'm a painter in sound.

I'm a painter in sound.

Brian Eno quotes: Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Brian Eno quotes: I often work by avoidance.

I often work by avoidance.

Brian Eno quotes: The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.

The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface.

Brian Eno quotes: A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

Brian Eno quotes: Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.

Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.

Brian Eno quotes: Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf.

Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf.

Brian Eno quotes: Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.

Ambient music is intended to induce calm and a space to think.

Brian Eno quotes: All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.

All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes.