All Brian Eno Quotes
- I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my… Awoken
- I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future. Agree
- If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones. Always Use
- If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes. Album
- In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambient hip-hop, ambient this, ambient that. Ambient
- In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person. Inspirational
- In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter. Format
- In the wake of the events of 11 September 2001, it now seems clear that the shock of the attacks was exploited in America. America
- It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear. Democracy
- It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of. Music
- Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. Lyrics
- Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically. Been
- Most game music is based on loops effectively. Based
- Well, there are some things that I just can't get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they're… Annoy
- 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… 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… All
- Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they're transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import… Along
- I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their… Artist
- I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a… Amusement
- 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… Ambition
- Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very… Aural
- For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic… Always Fascinated
- For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and… Afterwards
- I don't want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn't actually free at all.… Actually Free
- I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things… Box