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I think that there's something that I still like about the fact of a package, like the latest report from somebody. Okay, this is what they're up to now this is what they're doing who's working with them?

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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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 take sounds and change them into words.
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Whenever there's a new music, there's a new way of listening. And whenever there's a new way of listening, there are new musics that follow from that. And people start listening differently - that can either mean in different places or at different volumes or in different social groups or through different technologies.
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If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.
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I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip.
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The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.
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