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title: "2 Engineer Quotes By Robert Moog"
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> [I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/i-m-an-engineer-i-see-myself-as-a-toolmaker-and-the-musicians-are-my/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

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> [My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/my-training-as-an-engineer-has-enabled-me-to-design-the-stuff-but-the/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

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## Other authors on Engineer

## More by Robert Moog

> [The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/the-point-is-that-i-don-t-design-stuff-for-myself-i-m-a-toolmaker-i/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/leon-theremin-s-original-designs-are-elegant-ingenious-and-effective/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/i-m-an-engineer-i-see-myself-as-a-toolmaker-and-the-musicians-are-my/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/part-of-what-i-do-is-a-craft-but-part-of-what-i-do-is-a-science-and-i/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [One always has to remember these days where the garbage pail is, because it's so easy to make sounds, and to put sounds together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/one-always-has-to-remember-these-days-where-the-garbage-pail-is/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/when-a-pianist-sits-down-and-does-a-virtuoso-performance-he-is-in-a/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/i-happen-to-think-that-computers-are-the-most-important-thing-to/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/everything-has-some-consciousness-and-we-tap-into-that-it-is-about/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/i-had-been-building-electronic-musical-instruments-since-i-was-a-kid/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven't made that transition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/my-transition-from-scientist-to-entrepreneur-some-would-say-that-i/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/what-inspires-me-is-not-so-much-the-music-as-the-opportunity-to/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/other-kids-went-out-and-beat-each-other-up-or-played-baseball-and-i/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and walk out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/the-mini-moog-was-conceived-originally-as-a-session-musician-s-axe/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/back-in-the-40s-and-early-50s-building-simple-electronic-projects-was/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

> [I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make music with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-moog/i-was-never-worried-that-synthesizers-would-replace-musicians-first/)

[Robert Moog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-moog/)

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