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title: "2 Barn Quotes By Tod Machover"
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> [One of the things I like most of all is being in my study, in my barn, with absolutely no sound anywhere thinking about something. It's extremely important to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/one-of-the-things-i-like-most-of-all-is-being-in-my-study-in-my-barn/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/tod-machover-12406_barns_one-of-the-things-i-like-most-of-all-is_1268249.jpg)

> [The barn where I work, it's only 15 minutes or so from Harvard square, so It's very close to the center of Boston, but it happens to be a total oasis. It's completely quiet in there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-barn-where-i-work-it-s-only-15-minutes-or-so-from-harvard-square/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/tod-machover-12406_barns_the-barn-where-i-work-it-s-only-15-minut_1402912.jpg)

## More by Tod Machover

> [Music seems to stimulate more parts of our mind than almost every other activity. It combines more parts of our minds. It synchronizes our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/music-seems-to-stimulate-more-parts-of-our-mind-than-almost-every/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I love the cello, I love the physical sense of an instrument that's about the size of your body that vibrates enough that even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-love-the-cello-i-love-the-physical-sense-of-an-instrument-that-s/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [You have to train your mind and your ears, but they're more like athletic skills. So, part of music you just have to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/you-have-to-train-your-mind-and-your-ears-but-they-re-more-like/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I went to the University of California, Santa Cruz for a year, which turned out to be a really vibrant, very intensive intellectual atmosphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-went-to-the-university-of-california-santa-cruz-for-a-year-which/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [The basic idea of a hyper instrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-basic-idea-of-a-hyper-instrument-is-where-the-technology-is-built/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [Perhaps 25 to 50 years from now, I can design a piece of music, no so that it appeals to something common in millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/perhaps-25-to-50-years-from-now-i-can-design-a-piece-of-music-no-so/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-never-liked-opera-growing-up-i-always-liked-chamber-music-or-solo/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I like the idea of imagining a sound and feeling a sound and then having it come out through your body, through an instrument.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-like-the-idea-of-imagining-a-sound-and-feeling-a-sound-and-then/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/there-were-a-lot-of-things-happen-in-the-mid-80-s-that-all-of-a/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/one-of-my-interests-in-music-has-always-been-what-it-means-why-it/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [The Beatles realized that what they were making in the studio could never be performed. And they had already given up on performing because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-beatles-realized-that-what-they-were-making-in-the-studio-could/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I love Bach, I love Beethoven, I love Mozart, I love the Beatles, I love you know, Stockhausen, I love many things. But for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-love-bach-i-love-beethoven-i-love-mozart-i-love-the-beatles-i-love/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [My message is to forget about dichotomies. The 'Brain Opera' is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in the usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/my-message-is-to-forget-about-dichotomies-the-brain-opera-is-an-opera/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I almost never these days sit down with a CD or my laptop and just listen to a piece with a score. I probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-almost-never-these-days-sit-down-with-a-cd-or-my-laptop-and-just/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

> [I listen to a lot of music that teenagers are listening to because I'm around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-that-teenagers-are-listening-to-because-i/)

[Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/)

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