Brian Eno Quotes
I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.
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I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches.
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After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
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Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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New Year's resolutions work like this: you think of something you enjoy doing and then resolve to stop doing it.
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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.
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I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
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Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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I want to play. Obviously we didn't get it done the first time I was a part of that team. If God blesses me with another opportunity to try it, it would be an honor. I would have a second shot at fulfilling one of my goals.
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Forgive the person who has caused the most pain in your life and it will make you feel better.
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I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms enter into our lives every day.
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I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.
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I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being a bit like something that was a success on a previous record, they're inclined to encourage that.
