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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.
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Except in a few cases like Music for Airports, which was a very clear case of noticing a niche [and] saying, Okay, there's this situation in which people always play music, and nobody has written music for that situation so I'm going to. So, that was a very clear example of spotting a niche and working for it. I have done that occasionally.
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Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.
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I take sounds and change them into words.
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John Cage made you realise that there wasn't a thing called noise, it was just music you hadn't appreciated.
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As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
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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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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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