Brian Eno Quotes

At the moment I really love listening to the Dave Matthews Band.

Music is about listening, the more you play, the more the magic spreads.

It was fun. That was something I came to fairly late.

I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible.

Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.

Everything I listen to is influential in some way.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

Learning something new is fun.

Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.

Sometimes you can listen to a song all your life without hearing it.

I like something you can hum along to.

Personally, I just want to hear good songs.

There's certain little sounds that I just like to hear.

Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's worth of work.

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.

I just became obsessed with looking for new singers, unknown singers, people that maybe have been forgotten, and really checking them out and analyzing what they do - and obsessive listening. I think that's the core of my work on music - has been just listening to things and listening to singers.

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

I'm always hearing music in terms of what I can take out of it, and I think I've always listened like that. I have a hard time just listening for pleasure. I'm much less about instinct, and more of a utilitarian listener.

Sometimes when you play music, you start thinking, "This is rocking!"

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.

Joy is in the ears that hear.

There's a lot of other artists doing things outside of that depth that I enjoy - that music that I can actually have fun to, and not be in depth and think about, then I appreciate that.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?But am I talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop. I can STOP when I make up my mind to it, although it's difficult.