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The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn't refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Alone Always Anything Anything Else Because Being Charged Connected Did Earliest Else Get Imagine Just Loved Magic Most Objects Painters Paintings Refer Stood Strength Them Thrilled Were You

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Gospel music is never pessimistic, it's never 'oh my god, its all going down the tubes', like the blues often is.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Blues Down God Going Gospel Gospel Music Like Music Never Often Oh Oh My God Pessimistic Tubes

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Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport with their instruments, which is what you like and respond to.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Because Build Instruments Interesting Like Player Rapport Relationship Respond Sound Them Which You

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A way to make new music is to imagine looking back at the past from a future and imagine music that could have existed but didn't. Like East African free jazz, which as far as I know does not exist.

~Brian Eno

Topics: African As Far As Back Could Does East Exist Existed Far Free Future Imagine Jazz Know Like Looking Looking Back Make Music New New Music Past Way Which

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With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. It's an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music.

~Brian Eno

Topics: About Because Being Changed Composers Could Diminish Everything Felt Furniture Idea Importance Many Meant Music Part Place Prospect Recording Reluctant Seemed Start Them Think Time

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'Two Voices,' from my album with Peter Schwalm, is an intact dream-poem. I awoke one night with an image of a piece of paper and all the words of the poem written on it, so I just blundered down to the kitchen table and 'copied it out.'

~Brian Eno

Topics: Album Copied Down Image Intact Just Kitchen Kitchen Table Night One Night Out Paper Peter Piece Poem Table Two Voices Words Written

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Although cover notes for classical music albums tend to say that the trill of flutes suggests mountain streams and so on, I don't think anybody listens to music with the expectation that they're going to be presented with a sort of landscape painting.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Albums Although Anybody Classical Classical Music Cover Expectation Going Landscape Listens Mountain Music Notes Painting Presented Say Sort Streams Tend Think

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I used to think that, given enough goodwill, anybody would be able to 'get' any music, no matter how distant the culture from which it came. And then I heard Chinese opera.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Able Any Anybody Came Chinese Culture Distant Enough Get Given Goodwill Heard How Matter Music Opera Then Think Used Which Would

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It's insane that, since the Beatles and Dylan, it's assumed that all musicians should do everything themselves. It's that ridiculous, teenage idea that when Mick Jagger sings, he's telling you something about his own life. It's so arrogant to think that people would want to know about it anyway!

~Brian Eno

Topics: About Anyway Arrogant Assumed Beatles Dylan Everything He His Idea Insane Jagger Know Life Mick Jagger Musicians Own People Ridiculous Should Since Sings Something Teenage Telling Themselves Think Want Would You

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People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking for friction and energy. They were more like playwrights; they invented characters and wrote a life around them.

~Brian Eno

Topics: Around Bryan Characters Choose Could Energy Frank Friction History Invented Knew Life Like Looking More Music People Pick Pick And Choose Playwrights Stick The History Of Them Things Together Were Wrote

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: May 15th, 1948

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