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“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.” — Brian Eno

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“One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.” — Brian Eno

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“When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'” — Brian Eno

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“The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.” — Brian Eno

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“When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community. That's one of the great feelings - to stop being me for a little while and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.” — Brian Eno

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“I've noticed a terrible thing, which is I will agree to anything if it's far enough in the future.” — Brian Eno

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“Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it.” — Brian Eno

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“I would like to see a future where artists think that they have a right to contemplate things like global warming.” — Brian Eno

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“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.” — Brian Eno

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“Sometimes you recognize that there is a category of human experience that has not been identified but everyone knows about it. That is when I find a term to describe it.” — Brian Eno

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