Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others. – Brian Eno
I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs. – Brian Eno
I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. – Brian Eno
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
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. – Brian Eno
I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming. – Brian Eno
I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. – Brian Eno
We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. – Brian Eno
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
Everybody is entertained to death. – Brian Eno
The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. – Brian Eno
I take sounds and change them into words. – 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 considered as the noblest art. – Brian Eno
The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another. – Brian Eno
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
