Once I started working with generative music in the 1970s, I was flirting with ideas of making a kind of endless music - not like a record that you'd put on, which would play for a while and finish. Brian Eno 1970sendlessfinish Change image and share on social
It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records. Brian Eno bothercarrymysterious Change image and share on social
I have the '77 Million Paintings' running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I'll look up from what I'm doing and I think, 'God, I've never seen anything like that before!' And that's a real thrill. Brian Eno godhavelot share on social
I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it's a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it's not! You don't really take responsibility for your work. Brian Eno blamecowardicecredit share on social
I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren't historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before. Brian Eno capablehistoricalinvent share on social
I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that. Brian Eno crapgenerallyhave Change image and share on social
I think it's a myth that American public or any other public is so stupid that they need to be constantly pricked. Brian Eno americanconstantlymyth Change image and share on social
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. Brian Eno africacomeconflict Change image and share on social
People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to. Brian Eno ambientcalldismiss Change image and share on social
Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been. Brian Eno bandcounterculturalfeel Change image and share on social
