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
When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generated pulses more or less randomly. The end result is a kind of music that continuously changes. Of course, until computers came along, all I could actually present of that work was a piece of its output. Brian Eno ambientcomputercontinuously share on social
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
One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better. Brian Eno generateinterestknow 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
Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do. Brian Eno musicianpopseriousness Change image and share on social
When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the accompanying deceits. Advertising isn't about truth or fairness or rationality, but about mobilising deeper and more primitive layers of the human mind. Brian Eno accompanyadvertiseagency share on social
One often makes music to supplement one's world. Brian Eno makemusicsupplement Change image and share on social
If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. Brian Eno catholicismcultivategrow 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