Brian Eno

There are certain sounds that I've found work well in nearly any context. Their function is not so much musical as spatial: they define the edges of the territory of the music. ↗

— Brian Eno

#certain #context #define #edges #found

We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience. ↗

— Brian Eno

#composers #experience #find #increasingly #likely

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me. ↗

— Brian Eno

#drowning #foreground #had #i #idea

When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition. ↗

— Brian Eno

#away #back #country #dozing #england

You can't really imagine music without technology. ↗

— Brian Eno

#music #really #technology #without #you

You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment. ↗

— Brian Eno

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Given the chance, i'll die like a baby, on some faraway beach, when the season's over. ↗

— Brian Eno

#here-come-the-warm-jets #lyrics #music #music

The dominant theory coming out of Hollywood is that peoples' attention spans are getting shorter and shorter and they need more stimulation. ↗

— Brian Eno

#attention spans #coming #dominant #getting #hollywood

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender. ↗

— Brian Eno

#emotion #feel #go #let go #listening