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"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

"I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space."

"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."

"Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace."

"We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound."

"A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up."

"Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band."
Explore more quotes by Brian Eno

"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."

"My lyrics are generated by various peculiar processes. Very random and similar to automatic writing."

"Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way."

"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."

"I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy."

"Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you're listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music."
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