Im very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement. – Brian Eno
Im always interested in what you can do with technology that people havent thought of doing yet. – Brian Eno
Im actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. – Brian Eno
Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that havent been made easier technically. – Brian Eno
Once I started working with generative music in the 1970s, I was flirting with ideas of making a kind of endless music – not like a record that youd put on, which would play for a while and finish. – Brian Eno
One often makes music to supplement ones world. – Brian Eno
Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. Its inevitable. – Brian Eno
Ive got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things. – Brian Eno
Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when youre listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music. – Brian Eno
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that thats what the music is about. – Brian Eno
You cant really imagine music without technology. – Brian Eno
The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of ones furniture. – Brian Eno
I hate the rock music tradition. I cant bear it! – Brian Eno
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. Youre glad someones done it but you dont necessarily want to listen to it. – Brian Eno
Id love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music. – Brian Eno
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I dont set out to say anything very important. – Brian Eno
Its nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didnt think of. – Brian Eno
I dont like headphones very much, and I rarely listen to music on headphones. – Brian Eno
I think were about ready for a new feeling to enter music. I think that will come from the Arabic world. – Brian Eno
People do dismiss ambient music, dont they? They call it easy listening, as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to. – Brian Eno
