486 Quotes by Brian Eno

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn’t bother to find new ones.

Songs that don’t depend on composition depend instead on performance – so the fire has to be there in the playing.

I’ve got nothing against records – I’ve spent my life making them – but they are a kind of historical blip.

I’m bloody awful at multi-tasking.

I’m very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.

Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I’ve seen him a few times since then and I still can’t decide. Whatever, he ain’t like nobody else.

You can’t do anything interesting with cutting-edge technology except not make it cutting-edge.

I cant duplicate my own successes, because part of the creation of that effect is making something happen that you didn’t expect.

I’ve discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that’s already there.