Explore Quotes by Brian Eno

I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.'

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Everybody is entertained to death.

Even though I'm known as a pop musician, I have a seriousness about what I do.

Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.

If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.

I love good, loud speakers.

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

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

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.

You can't really imagine music without technology.

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.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.