486 Quotes by Brian Eno

Of course, like anybody I repeat myself endlessly, but I don't know that I'm doing it, usually.

I'm fascinated by musicians who don't completely understand their territory; that's when you do your best work.

Don't be ashamed of your own ideas. Most musicians get applauded for sounding like someone else.

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

I still do mostly listen to CDs. I think that every format really is a different way of listening. If you take a different sort of psychological stance to it - like, I think the transition from vinyl to CD definitely marked a difference in the way people treated music. The vinyl commands a certain kind of reverence because it's a big object and quite fragile so you handle it rather carefully, and it's expensive so you pay attention to how it's looked after.

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it's different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He's very quick.

I always have wanted to know how the whole thing was done, what the process involved. And I don't particularly enjoy that my music is stripped of ancillary details, and it just sort of comes out of this big tap called the Internet like water. I like some of my water to be neatly presented in a bottle.With a label on it.

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.