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I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!
Brian Eno
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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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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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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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