When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo. — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
“Ambient music” is the term used today for “atmospheric” background music usually intended for relaxation or meditation.” — Merriam-Webster Copy Share Image
If you had a sign above every studio door saying ‘This Studio is a Musical Instrument’ it would make such a different… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I knew what real instruments I wanted and, in some cases, who I wanted to play them. I had started listening to… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big… — Kate Fleetwood Copy Share Image
Ah, it's just so soothing, and I'd like to make my own. When I listen to ambient music, I'm like 'Oh, but… — Ruel Copy Share Image
Rock and ambient music might as well reside on opposite sides of the galaxy, so it's almost shocking when a band like… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
With 'Minecraft,' I've started creating serene ambiance music. As the game went on to become famous, people started identifying me as the… — C418 Copy Share Image
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
If there's loads of material going by you don't notice the individual things quite so much. Also it really foregrounds the sonic… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
There's some ambient music that doesn't do anything. I wouldn't say that that's narrative. It is narrative in that it creates a… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
Brian Eno is an iconic and omnipresent pioneer in the world of ambient music, but he's gained real staying power while working… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
COIL would very much like to see the creation of a newsgroup for minimal musics. We enjoy a wide spectrum of such… — John Balance Copy Share Image
People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Ambient music is my favorite art form because there's no interface. It just commands you how to feel. There's no suggestion of… — Matty Healy Copy Share Image
I like listening to ambient music, especially in very scenic places because I think it allows for the most freedom of thought. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
