“As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.” ArtistStruggleBeing An Artist Author:Brian Eno
“When I was at art college, the teachers who helped me were not the ones I agreed with, or the ones who encouraged me, but the ones who took very strong positions. Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don't agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it - or chuck it away if they don't want it.” PeopleIfsWantDoeArtEnoughUseStrongTeacherPositionCollegeRelationAgreeStudiosVery StrongChuck Author:Brian Eno
“What people call unemotional just doesnt have a single overriding emotion to it. The things that I like best are the ones that ambiguous on the emotional level.” PeopleLevelsEmotionEmotionalAmbiguousUnemotional Author:Brian Eno
“Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music with little or no intervention on my part. That is to say, I tend towards the roles of planner and programmer, and then become an audience to the results” LittlesResultsSituationRolesAudiencePlansOperationsInterventionProgrammersPlannersExecuting Author:Brian Eno
“Instead of shooting arrows at someone elses target, which Ive never been very good at, I make my own target around wherever my arrow happens to have landed. You shoot your arrow and then you paint your bulls eye around it, and therefore you have hit the target dead centre.” HappensEyeMy OwnPaintVery GoodShootingTargetCentreArrowsBulls Author:Brian Eno
“The most important thing in a piece of music is to seduce people to the point where they start searching.” PeopleImportantPiecesMusic IsImportant ThingsSeducing Author:Brian Eno
“The reason I don't drink is that the drinking lifestyle robs me of my musical intensity and sharpness. I live a super-healthy lifestyle not because it's sensible or that I'm contrite, but because I need to keep my focus on the music I'm making. To do that, I need to be wide awake.” NeedsReasonFocusDrinkHealthyDrinkingMusicalWideLifestyleAwakeIntensitySensibleHealthy LifestyleSharpnessWide Awake Author:Johnny Marr
“You've got to understand that. We all look out for Morrissey. It's a very brotherly feeling. When we first rehearsed, I'd have done anything for him. And as a person Morrissey is really capable of a truly loving relationship. Every day he's so open, so romantic and sensitive to other people's emotions.” PeopleFirstsLooksPersonsDoneFeelingsEmotionCapableSensitiveBrotherlyLoving Relationships Author:Johnny Marr
“When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. It was almost a spiritual thing for us, and because of that, we knew what it meant to be a fan.” WorldImportantSpiritualFansImportant ThingsPopsMeant To BePop Music Author:Johnny Marr
“I've run all the bands I've been in. A great front man needs that other person. It's not enough to have a guy with a cute face standing behind a microphone. I see it like the classic romantic relationships with men and women, where the woman lets the man think he's running it. It's a classic matriarchal trait, and that's always been part of my personality.” ThinkingMenNeedsPersonsEnoughRunningFacesGuyBehindsFrontsHe ManPersonalityBandMen And WomenStandingCuteClassicTraitsMicrophonesRomantic Relationship Author:Johnny Marr
