I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head. Brian Eno awakedreamhave Change image and share on social
People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words. Brian Eno assumecaselyric Change image and share on social
I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. Brian Eno atheistchanceevangelical Change image and share on social
In the future, you won't buy artists' works; you'll buy software that makes original pieces of 'their' works, or that recreates their way of looking at things. You could buy a Shostakovich box, or you could buy a Brahms box. You might want some Shostakovich slow-movement-like music to be generated. So then you use that box. Brian Eno artistboxbrahm share on social
The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. Brian Eno detachablefurnituremean Change image and share on social
Our experience of any painting is always the latest line in a long conversation we've been having with painting. There's no way of looking at art as though you hadn't seen art before. Brian Eno artconversationexperience Change image and share on social
It's nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn't think of. Brian Eno musicnicepeople Change image and share on social
What I believe is that people have many modes in which they can be. When we live in cities, the one we are in most of the time is the alert mode. The 'take control of things' mode, the 'be careful, watch out' mode, the 'speed' mode - the 'Red Bull' mode, actually. There's nothing wrong with it. It's all part of what we are. Brian Eno alertbullcareful share on social
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 20thambitionart Change image and share on social