Brian Eno

The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn't just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range of new harmonics, effectively turning a plucked string instrument into a bowed one. ”

Most people have no idea what something would sound like if it wasn't an MP3. ”

I'm a painter in sound. ”

The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation. ”

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. ”

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones. ”

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. ”

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. ”

As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me. ”

I set up situations that involve abandoning control and finding out what happens. ”