A music innovator's new voice

For Brian Eno the biggest surprise in life isn't that, at age 63, he continues to be one of the world's most sought-after record producers, making platinum sellers with the likes of U2 and Coldplay.

Or even that he remains a prolific solo artist through four decades, recording three albums in the past two years. Rather, it's his positive attitude.

"Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of selfchange and self-modification, and that we really