Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven't made that transition. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
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. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics. — Robert Moog Copy Share Image
