Saying that cultural objects have value is like saying that telephones have conversations. Brian Eno More Quotes by Brian Eno More Quotes From Brian Eno I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years. Brian Eno play running years I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of 'what else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?' Brian Eno voice years thinking I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders. Brian Eno tape ideas firsts My shows are not narratives. Brian Eno narrative shows I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there. Brian Eno san-francisco gay sea Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list. Brian Eno statistics lasts might I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school. Brian Eno magic art school Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable. Brian Eno decline impact shock Look closely at the most embarrassing details, and amplify them. Brian Eno amplify details looks Put out as much as you can. It doesn't do anything sitting on a shelf. Brian Eno shelves sitting I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function. Brian Eno function trouble views I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve. Brian Eno programmes evolve ideas All the best lyrics are written in ten minutes. Brian Eno all-the-best written minutes I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. Brian Eno i-hate hate talking I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work. Brian Eno best-work territory musician Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying. Brian Eno suits stars people I occasionally meet people and they say, 'Oh, I was born to Discreet Music'... They always have very weird eyes, those people. Brian Eno born eye people When I was at art college, the teachers who helped me were not the ones I agreed with, or the ones who encouraged me, but the ones who took very strong positions. Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don't agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it - or chuck it away if they don't want it. Brian Eno strong teacher art I often say to people that producing is the best paid form of cowardice. When you produce things you almost always get credit, if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work. Brian Eno credit responsibility people I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet. Brian Eno technology havens people
