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
Ive had quite a lot of luck with dreams. Ive often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head. – 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
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