I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. Brian Eno atheistchanceevangelical Change image and 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
I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make visual art become more like music, in that it changed the way that music changes. Brian Eno ambientartcall 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
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 assumecaselyric 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