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In art, you CAN crash your plane and walk away from it

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.
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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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A studio is an absolute labyrinth of possibilities - this is why records take so long to make because there are millions of permutations of things you can do. The most useful thing you can do is to get rid of some of those options before you start
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Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.
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I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.
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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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I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but I reject the idea that you can't be a deep human being without it or any of them.
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I always use the same guitar I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.
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I want to make things that put me in the position of innocence, that recreate the feeling of innocence in you.
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