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I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.'


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BRIAN ENO In England and Europe, we have this huge music called ambient - ambient techno, ambient house, ambie...
BRIAN ENO People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to sug...
BRIAN ENO When I first started making ambient music, I was setting up systems using synthesizers that generate...
BRIAN ENO If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most ...
BRIAN CHESKY We have overcome economic devastation, defeated mighty oppressors, and lifted up generation after ge...
BRIAN SANDOVAL My brother Alan - who was seven years younger than me - died from leukemia when he was 52. He never ...
BRIAN BLESSED What I've been surprised by is not how different people are, but how similar they are. There are...
BRIAN CHESKY I've got my head fixed on the next part of life. I know there will be an adjusting period of jus...
BRIAN O'DRISCOLL Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.
BRIAN ENO Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the s...
BRIAN ENO When I worked at Yahoo, I saw a lot of acquisitions. Some succeeded, and some failed. I think I have...
BRIAN ACTON I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders an...
BRIAN ACTON Belief in God is an elementary form of selflessness - the acknowledgement of responsibility toward a...
BRIAN STABLEFORD When you drive your car, E = mc2 is at work. As the engine burns gasoline to produce energy in the f...
BRIAN GREENE