“I like to go for a certain over-the-top opulence when naming the drone pieces whereas the song titles are all about concision, I guess. I mean, if I were truly a purist, I'd call things, "Long Piece #27" or "Newest Fast Song", but I enjoy titling and it is helpful at rehearsals or when making set-lists.” IfsMeanLongCertainSongEnjoyPiecesListsTitlesHelpfulRehearsalOne PieceDronesOver The TopOpulenceSong Titles Author:David First
“The making of miracles to edification was as ardently admired by pious Victorians as it was sternly discouraged by Jesus of Nazareth. Not that the Victorians were unique in this respect. Modern writers also indulge in edifying miracles though they generally prefer to use them to procure unhappy endings, by which piece of thaumaturgy they win the title of realists.” UseJesusWinningPiecesModernUniqueMiracleUnhappyTitlesDiscouragedIndulgeHappy EndingsRealistPiousIndulge InNazarethEdificationUnhappy Endings Book:The Mind of the Maker Source: The Mind of the Maker
“Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop.” FictionPiecesSupposed To BeTitlesGenreShopsUsersLocationBookstores Author:John Clute
“He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind. He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority. His very talents will be a hindrance to him.” MindFirstsChildrenLittlesWholePoetryPiecesTalentPoetChiefsTitlesEnlightenedAspireSuperiorityHindranceGreat PoetUnlearn Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Kings do with men as with pieces of money; they give them what value they please, and we are obliged to receive them at their current and not at their real value.” MenGivingRealValuesPiecesKingsPleaseCurrentsTitlesObligedReal Value Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The micro-compositions are the pieces themselves, but the macro-composition is the whole set of them and how it moves from track to track and how the titles relate to one another, for example. Always when I do records like this of a selection of instrumental pieces - the titles, to me, are very important.” ImportantWholeMovingRecordsPiecesExampleTrackRelateTitlesCompositionSelectionMacro Author:Brian Eno
“Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.” ThinkingEndsSometimesTogetherFoundNamesSoundPiecesParticularBecomingOkayTitlesWorking TogetherIntrigue Author:Brian Eno