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
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. – Brian Eno
Once music ceases to be ephemeral – always disappearing – and becomes instead material… it leaves the condition of traditional music and enters the condition of painting. It becomes a painting, existing as material in space, not immaterial in time. – Brian Eno
For instance, Im always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. – Brian Eno