Brian Eno discussions are always rife with thought-provoking quotes, but this one takes the cake for 2013. Speaking for journalists, musicians, and now us at the Red Bull Music Academy in NYC, Eno bled artistic truth for nearly an hour and a half a few weeks ago, covering such topics as the need for constructing limitations amid limitless digital advances (“this is why people still make good music with crude instruments, with simple instruments, because they understand them better than software people understand their instruments”), how technological feats like multitrack recording often begin as a simple solution before becoming applied toward greater ends, art in terms of health, and much more. While Patti Smith’s recent advice to artists offered a more general optimistic spirit, Eno goes into further detail on the challenges faced in the modern era. Watch the full interview above.
