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Brian Eno Quotes

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience Picture Quote #1

I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that’s a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players Picture Quote #1

When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to Picture Quote #1

With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one’s furniture. It’s an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music Picture Quote #1

When we go out to the country and just sit there, what we’re really doing is just switching off various kinds of alertness that we don’t have to use. When we do that, we are stopping being defensive. We are no longer shutting ourselves off from different types of experiences, we are welcoming them in Picture Quote #1

Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised Picture Quote #1

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I’m fascinated by musicians who don’t completely understand their territory; that’s when you do your best work Picture Quote #1

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach Picture Quote #1

A big ego isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out Picture Quote #1

The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego Picture Quote #1

Gospel music is never pessimistic, it’s never ‘oh my God, its all going down the tubes’, like the blues often is Picture Quote #1

If you watch any good player, they’re using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They’re moving in many dimensions at once Picture Quote #1

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Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to Picture Quote #1

I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can’t make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse Picture Quote #1

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy Picture Quote #1

If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else to do in their lives, and give them carte blanche Picture Quote #1

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part Picture Quote #1

I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it Picture Quote #1

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Although designers continue to dream of ‘transparency’ - technologies that just do their job without making their presence felt - both creators and audiences actually like technologies with ‘personality.’ Picture Quote #1

Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them Picture Quote #1

You can’t do anything interesting with cutting-edge technology except not make it cutting-edge Picture Quote #1

Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place Picture Quote #1

The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates ‘more options’ with ‘greater freedom.’ Picture Quote #1

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it’s different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He’s very quick Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically Picture Quote #1

Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they’re transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them Picture Quote #1

I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head Picture Quote #1

Two Voices,’ from my album with Peter Schwalm, is an intact dream-poem. I awoke one night with an image of a piece of paper and all the words of the poem written on it, so I just blundered down to the kitchen table and ‘copied it out.’ Picture Quote #1

The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn’t just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range of new harmonics, effectively turning a plucked string instrument into a bowed one. A responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation - probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar Picture Quote #1

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We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. (Brian Eno Quotes) I describe things in terms of body movements. I dance a bit to describe what sort of movement it ought to make, and that’s a good way of talking to musicians. Particularly bass players. (Brian Eno Quotes) When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it’s done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. (Brian Eno Quotes) With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one’s furniture. It’s an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music. (Brian Eno Quotes) When we go out to the country and just sit there, what we’re really doing is just switching off various kinds of alertness that we don’t have to use. When we do that, we are stopping being defensive. We are no longer shutting ourselves off from different types of experiences, we are welcoming them in. (Brian Eno Quotes) Pop music can absorb so many peculiar talents, ranging from the completely nonmusical poseur who just uses music as a kind of springboard for a sense of style, to people who just love putting all that complicated stuff together, brick by brick, on their computers, to people like me who like playing conceptual games and being surprised. (Brian Eno Quotes) I’m fascinated by musicians who don’t completely understand their territory; that’s when you do your best work. (Brian Eno Quotes) Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach (Brian Eno Quotes) A big ego isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out. (Brian Eno Quotes) The big message of gospel is that you don’t have to keep fighting the universe; you can stop, and the universe is quite good to you. There is a loss of ego. (Brian Eno Quotes) Gospel music is never pessimistic, it’s never ‘oh my God, its all going down the tubes’, like the blues often is. (Brian Eno Quotes) If you watch any good player, they’re using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They’re moving in many dimensions at once. (Brian Eno Quotes) Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to. (Brian Eno Quotes) I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can’t make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse. (Brian Eno Quotes) I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. (Brian Eno Quotes) If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else to do in their lives, and give them carte blanche. (Brian Eno Quotes) Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part. (Brian Eno Quotes) I think the idea that people walk around to music is very interesting. They are actually creating the soundtrack to their lives as they walk around to it. (Brian Eno Quotes) Although designers continue to dream of ‘transparency’ - technologies that just do their job without making their presence felt - both creators and audiences actually like technologies with ‘personality.’ (Brian Eno Quotes) Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them. (Brian Eno Quotes) You can’t do anything interesting with cutting-edge technology except not make it cutting-edge (Brian Eno Quotes) Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place. (Brian Eno Quotes) The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates ‘more options’ with ‘greater freedom.’ (Brian Eno Quotes) Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it’s different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He’s very quick. (Brian Eno Quotes) 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. (Brian Eno Quotes) Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven’t been made easier technically (Brian Eno Quotes) Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they’re transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them. (Brian Eno Quotes) I’ve had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I’ve often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head. (Brian Eno Quotes) Two Voices,’ from my album with Peter Schwalm, is an intact dream-poem. I awoke one night with an image of a piece of paper and all the words of the poem written on it, so I just blundered down to the kitchen table and ‘copied it out.’ (Brian Eno Quotes) The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn’t just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range of new harmonics, effectively turning a plucked string instrument into a bowed one. A responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation - probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar. (Brian Eno Quotes)

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