Brian Eno Quotes

When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifled by the weight of tradition. - Brian Eno

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me. - Brian Eno

The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation. - Brian Eno

The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences. - Brian Eno

The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. - Brian Eno

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. - Brian Eno

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach. - Brian Eno

Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one! - Brian Eno

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