British - Musician | May 15, 1948 -
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.
Brian Eno
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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.
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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time.
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I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I hate the rock music tradition. I can't bear it!
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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
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I often work by avoidance.
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I take sounds and change them into words.
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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.
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