I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can't make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse. Brian Eno breathebreathtakingcollapse 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
I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!' Brian Eno abnormalcrazyman Change image and share on social
I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch. Brian Eno celebrityconvincefascinate share on social
I think I've committed the one really bad English crime, which is I've risen above my station. I was supposed to be a pop star, and suddenly I'm claiming that I'm an artist of some kind. Brian Eno artistbadclaim Change image and share on social
Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness. Brian Eno aloudcontentednessleaf Change image and share on social
By the mid-'60s, recorded music was much more like painting than it was like traditional music. When you went into the studio, you could put a sound down, then you could squeeze it around, spread it all around the canvas. Brian Eno 60scanvasmid 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