Brian Eno Biography

Born asBrian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno
Occup.Musician
FromUnited Kingdom
BornMay 15, 1948
Suffolk, England
Age75 years
Brian Eno, born upon May 15, 1948, in Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom, is an English musician, composer, record manufacturer, as well as visual artist. He is recognized for his innovative and also influential operate in the fields of ambient songs, electronic songs, and rock-and-roll.

Eno was raised in a working-class household in Suffolk, and he participated in Ipswich School, where he was introduced to the globe of symphonic music. He later went to Winchester School of Art, however left and moved to London, where he started playing in various bands.

In 1971, Eno joined the speculative rock band Roxy Music as a keyboardist and also synthesizer gamer. Throughout his time with Roxy Music, he added to the band's initial 2 cds, Roxy Music and For Your Pleasure. However, Eno left the band in 1973 to pursue a solo occupation.

Eno launched his first solo album, Here Come the Warm Jets, in 1974, which was popular by critics and developed him as a solo musician. He followed this up with numerous various other effective cds, consisting of Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and also Another Green World, both released in 1975.

Eno's job during this duration was characterized by his use electronic songs, ambient soundscapes, as well as uncommon instrumentation. He collaborated with other artists such as David Bowie, Robert Fripp, and Talking Heads, as well as generated cds for bands like Devo, U2, as well as Coldplay.

Throughout the 1980s and also 1990s, Eno continued to explore brand-new musical opportunities, trying out modern-day classical music, world music, and generative songs. He additionally remained to work on his own solo projects, releasing cds like Music for Films, Apollo, and Neroli.

Along with his music occupation, Eno is likewise known for his work as an aesthetic musician. He has developed many setups, sculptures, and video jobs, and has exhibited his operate in galleries as well as museums all over the world.

Eno has actually received numerous awards as well as accolades for his contributions to the arts, including an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London and induction into the Rock as well as Roll Hall of Fame as a participant of Roxy Music in 2019.

Despite his success, Eno has actually continued to be a very independent musician, constantly pressing the borders of what is possible in music and art. His work remains to motivate and affect musicians as well as musicians worldwide, making him one of the most crucial as well as influential figures in modern-day music as well as art.

Our collection contains 42 quotes who is written / told by Brian, under the main topic Computers.

Related authors: David Byrne (Musician), Daniel Johns (Musician), Peter Hammill (Musician), Robert Fripp (Musician), Laurie Anderson (Musician), Robert Quine (Musician), David Bowie (Musician), Derek Jarman (Director)

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42 Famous quotes by Brian Eno

Small: I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality
"I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that"
Small: I take sounds and change them into words
"I take sounds and change them into words"
Small: I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional poi
"I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function"
Small: I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scene
"I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there"
Small: I dont live in the past at all Im always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly tryi
"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"
Small: Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, its different every time. I know how to create settings
"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"
Small: At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that wer
"At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art"
Small: The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I dont set out to say anything very important
"The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important"
Small: Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the f
"Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!"
Small: Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words ei
"Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others"
Small: Its not the destination that matters. Its the change of scene
"It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene"
Small: I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice
"I wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice"
Small: I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until ju
"I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school"
Small: Avant-garde music is sort of research music. Youre glad someones done it but you dont necessarily want
"Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it"
Small: If you watch any good player, theyre using different parts of their body and working with instruments t
"If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving in many dimensions at once"
Small: For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time
"For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time"
Small: Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. Its inevitable
"Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable"
Small: I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium
"I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium"
Small: I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When Im on f
"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"
Small: As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me
"As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me"
Small: We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought
"We are increasingly likely to find ourselves in places with background music. No composers have thought to write for these modern spaces, which represent 30% of our musical experience"
Small: Im very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threateni
"I'm very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement"
Small: I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic.
"I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy"
Small: I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I fe
"I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich"
Small: I always use the same guitar I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. Its still got the s
"I always use the same guitar; I got this guitar years and years ago for nine pounds. It's still got the same strings on it"
Small: When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest i
"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"
Small: The reason I dont tour is that I dont know how to front a band. What would I do? I cant really play any
"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"
Small: The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are al
"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"
Small: If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an ac
"If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender"
Small: Im not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper
"I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper"
Small: I often work by avoidance
"I often work by avoidance"
Small: I hate the rock music tradition. I cant bear it!
"I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!"
Small: For me its always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should
"For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards"
Small: A part of me has become immortal, out of my control
"A part of me has become immortal, out of my control"
Small: Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach
"Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach"
Small: When I went back to England after a year away, the country seemed stuck, dozing in a fairy tale, stifle
"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"
Small: I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play aroun
"I thought it was magic to be able to catch something identically on tape and then be able to play around with it, run it backwards; I thought that was great for years"
Small: The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the i
"The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work"
Small: Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when
"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music"
Small: If youre in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces
"If you're in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect"
Small: If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldnt bother to find new ones
"If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones"
Small: Ive discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff thats already there
"I've discovered this new electronic technique that creates new speech out of stuff that's already there"