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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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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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I have these headphones, which pretty much exclude everything else so that you can really completely control the sound that you're hearing. I don't use them very much, I have to say. I very rarely listen on headphones.
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