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Brian Eno

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Brian Eno (born 1948) is an English musician, composer, visual artist, and record producer who is widely regarded as a pioneer of ambient music. From his early work with Roxy Music to producing albums for U2, David Bowie, and Talking Heads, Eno has consistently pushed creative boundaries across art and technology.

“Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.”

— Brian Eno

Experience

All Quotes by Brian Eno

“Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“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.”

— Brian Eno

Art

“I take sounds and change them into words.”

— Brian Eno

Change

“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.”

— Brian Eno

Learning

“Law is always better than war.”

— Brian Eno

War

“I don't like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“I've got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.”

— Brian Eno

Music

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

— Brian Eno

Music

“Most game music is based on loops effectively.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.”

— Brian Eno

Experience

“If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.”

— Brian Eno

Religion

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

— Brian Eno

Change

“I think we're about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“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.”

— Brian Eno

Knowledge

“Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.”

— Brian Eno

Music

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

— Brian Eno

Music

“I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that.”

— Brian Eno

Music