What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn't necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words do, you get a much cruder version of what was actually intended.
Brian EnoI wanted to get rid of the element that had been considered essential in pop music: the voice.
Brian EnoThere is a sort of convergence starting to happen between the computer and musical instruments, but it's still quite a long way off.
Brian EnoSince I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music with little or no intervention on my part. That is to say, I tend towards the roles of planner and programmer, and then become an audience to the results
Brian Eno