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
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular. – Brian Eno
If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture. – Brian Eno
An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler