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I take sounds and change them into words.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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If there is a new fascism, it won't come from skinheads and punks it will come from people who eat granola and think they know how the world should be.
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I believe in singing.
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Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.
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Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.
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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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Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.
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When people censor themselves they're just as likely to get rid of the good bits as the bad bits.
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Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!
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I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards I thought that was great for years.
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Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.
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It infuriates me that stuff from the Internet routinely doesn't include all the credits. Because as soon as I listen to something, if I like it, I want to know, Who's the bass player? Who did that? Who's the engineer on this?
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Not many people bought Velvet Underground LPs, but those who did, started a band.
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One often makes music to supplement one's world.
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There is a sort of convergence starting to happen between the computer and musical instruments, but it's still quite a long way off.
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For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards.
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I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.
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I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of 'what else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?'
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The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.
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