Brian Eno quotes - page 3

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there. (Brian Eno)

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.

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I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.

Brian Eno

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.

Brian Eno

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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If you don't call it art, you're likely to get a better result.

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Ideas worth questioning: "Being an artist is a job for life."

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I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins Like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together We can beat them, forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day.

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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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It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. (Brian Eno)

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

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I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

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Painting, I think it's like jazz.

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I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

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It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

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Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

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I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

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Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

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Everybody is entertained to death.

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I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence, heightened sexual attractiveness, and a better sense of humor. (Brian Eno)

The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another.

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The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

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I love good, loud speakers.

Brian Eno

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

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Brian Eno

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Occupation: British Musician
Born: May 15, 1948
Quotes count: 158
Wikipedia: Brian Eno

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