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Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.
Brian Eno
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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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American television really is pathetic.
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The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.
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