Although cover notes for classical music albums tend to say that the trill of flutes suggests mountain streams and so on, I don't think anybody listens to music with the expectation that they're going to be presented with a sort of landscape painting. Brian Eno albumclassicalcover share on social
Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they're transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them. Brian Eno importjobset Change image and share on social
The way 'Lux' was made is that there are 12 sections in here, though two of them are joined together. So there are really 11 sections, in a sense, and each one uses five notes out of a palette of seven notes, and my palette is all the white notes on the piano. That was the original palette. Brian Eno joinluxmake share on social
Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren't susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place. Brian Eno dangerouseruptevaluation Change image and share on social
I hate talking about music, to tell you the truth. Brian Eno hatemusictalk Change image and share on social
I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me. Brian Eno periodicallypersonrealize Change image and share on social
Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others. Brian Eno carrycomplexexclude Change image and share on social
People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking for friction and energy. They were more like playwrights; they invented characters and wrote a life around them. Brian Eno bryancharacterchoose share on social
Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually. Brian Eno endlesslyrepeat Change image and share on social