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Nothing so dates an era as its conception of the future.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.
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In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.
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I think, if you spend a day or - as many people do - a life working only with that aspect of your being, the cerebrum connected to a finger, I feel that the rest of you atrophies, essentially.
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I've never used a PC in my life I don't like them.
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I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.
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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.
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