--- title: "7 Else Quotes By Brian Eno" description: "7 Else quotes by Brian Eno. Plus more from Brian Eno and more Else sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/brian-eno-776_anything_i-believe-in-singing-to-such-an-extent-t_576570.jpg" --- > [I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-believe-in-singing-to-such-an-extent-that-if-i-were-asked-to/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/brian-eno-776_anything_i-believe-in-singing-to-such-an-extent-t_576570.jpg) > [You can't have a relationship with a device whose limits are unknown to you, because without limits, it keeps becoming something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/you-can-t-have-a-relationship-with-a-device-whose-limits-are-unknown/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/brian-eno-776_because_you-can-t-have-a-relationship-with-a-dev_1160710.jpg) > [I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-trust-my-taste-i-trust-it-completely-and-i-always-have-done-and-i/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/brian-eno-776_always_i-trust-my-taste-i-trust-it-completely-a_1190727.jpg) > [If you want to make computers that really work, create a design team composed only of healthy, active women with lots else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/if-you-want-to-make-computers-that-really-work-create-a-design-team/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8f/brian-eno-776_active_if-you-want-to-make-computers-that-reall_1316395.jpg) > [Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/nearly-all-the-things-i-do-that-are-of-any-merit-at-all-start-off/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/brian-eno-776_any_nearly-all-the-things-i-do-that-are-of-a_2147026.jpg) > [I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-m-often-accused-of-being-ahead-of-my-time-but-it-s-simply-not-true/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/brian-eno-776_accused_i-m-often-accused-of-being-ahead-of-my-t_2425033.jpg) > [The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/the-earliest-paintings-i-loved-were-always-the-most-non-referential/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/brian-eno-776_alone_the-earliest-paintings-i-loved-were-alwa_2532624.jpg) ## Other authors on Else ## More by Brian Eno > [I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-have-lived-in-countries-that-were-coming-out-of-conflict-ireland/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/the-lyrics-are-constructed-as-empirically-as-the-music-i-don-t-set/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/admirers-can-be-a-tremendous-force-for-conservatism/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/the-whole-history-of-pop-music-had-rested-on-the-first-person/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [You can't really imagine music without technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/you-can-t-really-imagine-music-without-technology/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/robert-fripp-and-i-will-be-recording-another-lp-very-soon-it-should/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-despise-computers-in-many-ways-i-think-they-re-hopelessly/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-think-very-often-producers-are-really-trying-to-repeat-things-when/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I think that's very significant that we're so attached to the idea now of - it was something I advocated for years, that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-think-that-s-very-significant-that-we-re-so-attached-to-the-idea/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/if-you-watch-any-good-player-they-re-using-different-parts-of-their/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/songs-that-don-t-depend-on-composition-depend-instead-on-performance/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-can-see-the-use-and-value-of-religion-just-as-i-can-see-the-use-of/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-wanted-to-get-rid-of-the-element-that-had-been-considered-essential/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/at-the-beginning-of-the-20th-century-the-ambition-of-the-great/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) > [I had an interesting day. I was in the studio with a group of musicians, who shall remain nameless, and I said to them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-eno/i-had-an-interesting-day-i-was-in-the-studio-with-a-group-of/) [Brian Eno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-eno/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/else/brian-eno/#itemlist", "name": "7 Else Quotes By Brian Eno", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing becomes a central part of the daily routine. 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