Brian Eno Quotes

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing - 'Oh, let's put that sentence there, let's get rid of this' - have become commonplace in films and music too.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

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

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

I love good, loud speakers.

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

I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!

I believe in singing.

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.

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.

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.

As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.

All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.

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.

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

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.