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Brian Eno

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Painting, I think it's like jazz.


— Brian Eno


#i think #jazz #like #painting #think

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.


— Brian Eno


#been #case #few #i #i can

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


#call #dismiss #easy #hard #listen

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.


— Brian Eno


#actually #best #comfort #comfort zone #people

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


— Brian Eno


#been #long #music #perhaps #quieter

Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.


— Brian Eno


#loop #pop #strong #totally #very

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!


— Brian Eno


#even #first #i #monotonous #more

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.


— Brian Eno


#presents #reach #set #situation #slightly

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.


— Brian Eno


#annoying #being #find #good #i

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


#been #category #describe #everyone #experience






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This enabled sound recorded on the first deck to be played back by the second deck at a time delay that varied with the distance between the two decks and the speed of the tape (typically a few seconds). These tapes had previously been used as backgrounds in some of his collaborations with Fripp most notably on Evening Star. Eno has also worked on records by James Laurie Anderson Coldplay Depeche Mode Paul Simon Grace Jones and Slowdive among others.

It has also been extremely influential pioneering ambient and generative music innovating production techniques and emphasising "theory over practice". Brian Peter George St. Eno's solo music has explored more experimental musical styles and ambient music.

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