“I hate the thought that someone had picked up one of my song records and was really excited about it, and walks [out of] a record shop with On Land and is disappointed because it isn't what they wanted. So, I try to make signs, graphically and visually, to say to people "Okay, this is this department of my work and this is this other department of my work." And of course I'm very pleased if people like all of them, but I don't want them to feel deceived at any point.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsTryingWantedHateSongCoursesWalksRecordsLandOkayI HateExcitedDepartmentShopsDisappointedDeceived Author:Brian Eno
“I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.” ThinkingTryingSongBitsRecordsProducersRepeatsLike SomethingNew Songs Author:Brian Eno
“A big ego isn't necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.” TryingMeanBigsAbilityRiskEgoPreparedBad ThingsBig Ego Author:Brian Eno
“The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn't just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range of new harmonics, effectively turning a plucked string instrument into a bowed one. A responsible designer might try to overcome this limitation - probably the engineers at Marshall tried, too. But that sound became the sound of, among others, Jimi Hendrix. That sound is called electric guitar.” TryingWholeMightTurnsSoundProduceOvercomingResponsibleInstrumentsGuitarLimitationRangeDesignerStringsEngineersElectricHendrixElectric GuitarAmplifiers Author:Brian Eno
“When I was working with Talking Heads what would happen typically is that they would go out and start playing a track, and I would always run the tape. I always record everything, even a run through where you're trying to get in tune. That's a principle because sometimes when the situation isn't clear interesting things happen, and they are worth listening to again.” TryingSometimesRunningInterestingSituationListeningTrackThings Happen Author:Brian Eno
“I've always thought that art is a lie, an interesting lie. And I'll sort of listen to the "lie" and try to imagine the world which makes that lie true...what that world must be like, and what would have to happen for us to get from this world to that one.” WorldTryingArtHappensLyingInterestingImagineThis WorldArt Is Author:Brian Eno
“Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they were in yours.” PeopleTryingMind Author:Brian Eno
“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.” LifeTryingMindPastForgetSomething NewKeep MovingOf My Mind Author:Brian Eno
“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.” PeopleTryingI CanFormTalentSellsSomething NewDefiniteConvincingSalesman Author:Brian Eno
“In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.” PeopleTryingSongTrackPopsGet Away1960sFormatPop Song Author:Brian Eno
“Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.” WayTryingInterestingFitNotesMelodyHittingVery InterestingInteresting Ways Author:Brian Eno
“I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of 'what else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?'” ThinkingTryingYearsVoiceAnswersFrontsPursuitMicrophones Author:Brian Eno
“One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingArtFeel GoodEntertainingFeels Right Author:Brian Eno
