Top 197 Quotes by Brian Eno

About Brian Eno

These are some quotes by British author Brian Eno Musician, who was born on May 15, 1948.

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.

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

One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

Brian Eno

I wouldn't call myself a synaesthete in the sense that Nabokov was. But I'll talk about a sound as being cold blue or dark brown. For descriptive purposes, yes, I often see colors when I'm listening to music and think, 'Oh, there's not enough sort of yellowy stuff in here, or not enough white.'

Brian Eno

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.

Brian Eno

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Brian Eno

The biggest crime in England is to rise above your station. It's fine to be a pop star. 'Oh, it's great, lots of fun, aren't they sweet, these pop stars! But to think you have anything to say about how the world should work? What arrogance!'

Brian Eno

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Brian Eno

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Brian Eno

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

Brian Eno

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.

Brian Eno

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