Brian Eno Quotes

When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.
Brian Eno

Great, Yourself, Self

I don't live in the past at all; I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
Brian Eno

Moving On, Live, Mind

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

Someone, Act, Emotion

I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.
Brian Eno

Learning, Whole, Engineers

All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.
Brian Eno

Time, Feelings, Hands

I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.
Brian Eno

Art, School, Thought

I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.
Brian Eno

Good, Try, Talent

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work.
Brian Eno

Computers, Work, Brain

Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
Brian Eno

Music, Once, Impact

As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me.
Brian Eno

Hear, Mood, Sound

A part of me has become immortal, out of my control.
Brian Eno

Control, Become, Immortal

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

Feelings, Place, Dangerous

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
Brian Eno

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.
Brian Eno

Music, Live, Emotional

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'
Brian Eno

Everyone, Making, Action

You can't really imagine music without technology.
Brian Eno

Music, Technology, Imagine

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

Kindness, Either, Authority

Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.
Brian Eno

Music, Someone, Done

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.
Brian Eno

Reality, Action, Emotion

Honor thy error as a hidden intention.
Brian Eno

Honor, Hidden, Intention

I believe in singing.
Brian Eno

I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!
Brian Eno

Music, Hate, Rock

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
Brian Eno

Energy, Coming, Africa

I love good, loud speakers.
Brian Eno

Love, Good, Loud

I think most artists would be happy to have bigger audiences rather than smaller ones. It doesn't mean that they are going to change their work in order necessarily to get it, but they're happy if they do get it.
Brian Eno

Change, Work, Happy

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Nationality: British

Born: May 15, 1948

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