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

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. Youre glad someones done it but you dont necessarily want to listen to it. – Brian Eno

There are certain sounds that Ive found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music. – Brian Eno