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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.

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

— Brian Eno

Music

All Quotes by Brian Eno

“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.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“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.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“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

“Most game music is based on loops effectively.”

— 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

“Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it.”

— Brian Eno

Future

“One often makes music to supplement one's world.”

— Brian Eno

Music

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

— Brian Eno

Music

“I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'”

— Brian Eno

Intelligence

“Everybody is entertained to death.”

— Brian Eno

Death

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

— Brian Eno

Computers

“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

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

— Brian Eno

Music

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

— Brian Eno

Music

“It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of.”

— Brian Eno

Music

“Law is always better than war.”

— Brian Eno

War

“The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.”

— Brian Eno

History