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Whenever you listen to a piece of music, what you are actually doing is hearing the latest sentence in a very long story you’ve been listening to - all the pieces of music you’ve ever heard.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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I'm always interested in something when it isn't familiar to me.
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I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that's a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players.
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A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.
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The point about working is not to produce great stuff all the time, but to remain ready for when you can.
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