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Genius is individual, scenius is communal.

Brian Eno

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Brian Eno
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 15
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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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The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.
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I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich.
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Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.
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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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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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