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One often makes music to supplement one's world.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.
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I always have wanted to know how the whole thing was done, what the process involved. And I don't particularly enjoy that my music is stripped of ancillary details, and it just sort of comes out of this big tap called the Internet like water. I like some of my water to be neatly presented in a bottle. With a label on it.
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Well, there are some things that I just can't get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they're of my own creation, as well - and they're just as annoying. It's not only other people's ear worms that bug me, it's my own, as well.
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