Brian Eno Quotes
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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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Going to school on a campus where the faculty overwhelmingly disagrees with you, and where the student body overwhelmingly disagrees with you, is challenging. If you go in without a firm foundation, it can undermine what you believe.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
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I love to pitch things that I believe in and products that I love to use.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.
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I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
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I remember driving the tractor on our farm, and Tim McGraw would be on the radio. I'd find myself walking out of class, singing his songs. And then Tim ended up playing my father in 'Friday Night Lights.' It was surreal.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.
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I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.
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I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
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You can call Hanson a whole lot of things, but hip-hop isn't one of them.
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Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.
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At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
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My mother's incredibly giving, almost too giving at times. And, my dad is a real logical person. He's got logic for every situation. They've been married for 24 years, so there was that stability, also. I really learned to think on my own at a very young age.
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I believe in singing.
