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Law is always better than war.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Always Better Law Than War

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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

Topics: Authority Believe Better Camp Either Inclusion Kindness Latter Obviously People Punishment Respond Reward Than Think You I Think

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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

Topics: Catholicism Certain Certainly Cultivate Grow Grow Up Ideas Intensity Like Religion Strong Taste Up Very You Yourself

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If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Becomes Believe Big Decide Forget Hurdle Insists Intellectual Jump Never Never Forget Over Part Picture Process Quite Religion Strongly Then Thought Thought Process Through Very Whole You Your

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Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Feedback Loop Pop Strong Totally Very

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I belong to a gospel choir. They know I am an atheist but they are very tolerant.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Am Atheist Belong Choir Gospel Know Tolerant Very I Am

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I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Composers Could First Got Heard Idea Interested Itself Like Make Mid Music Playing Really Sense Started Tape Terry 1960S

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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

Topics: Any Certain Context Define Edges Found Function Much Music Musical Nearly Sounds Spatial Territory Well Work

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Once music ceases to be ephemeral - always disappearing - and becomes instead material... it leaves the condition of traditional music and enters the condition of painting. It becomes a painting, existing as material in space, not immaterial in time.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Always Becomes Ceases Condition Disappearing Ephemeral Existing Instead Leaves Material Music Once Painting Space Time Traditional

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If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Bit Developing Exactly Exactly The Same Feel Forever Get Happened Long Long Time Might Now Result Same Skill Some Spent Suppose Techniques Time Year-Old You

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: May 15th, 1948

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