Brian Eno

I think everyone's inherently snobbish. Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, 'Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good.' Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special. ”

I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there. ”

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I've always thought it isn't that different from everybody else's. ”

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me. ”

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. ”

I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind. ”

A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out. ”

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene. ”

I take sounds and change them into words. ”

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. ”