Become Quote by Ariel Rechtshaid

I was never somebody who was a fan of synthesizers. When I was growing up, they were so overused in pop music, usually to…

— Michael Penn

The 1980s were all about synths for me, and it never went away after that.

— John Grant

From early on, when synthesizers were first introduced into music, I liked the idea that you could get a big sound with them, electronic,…

— John Carpenter

My whole life, I've loved '80s synth and goth rock like The Sisters of Mercy and Depeche Mode.

— Andy Biersack

I was always fascinated particularly with synths: how they looked and stuff that when you're a kid you're like this is the most incredible…

— Jon Hopkins

I took to the synthesizer. My cousin had some synthesizers, and I'd always make stuff on those things.

— Flying Lotus

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock.

— Herbie Hancock

That's where my influences lie, in the blues with people like Muddy Waters and Tina Turner. At first I didn't really like the idea…

— Vince Clarke

I'm going in that direction rather than the 80's synth-pop direction where it's more obvious you're hearing a synthesizer.

— John Frusciante

My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.

— John Frusciante

A lot of the early Washed Out material was done on a couple of synthesizers that did most of the work, but that's the…

— Washed Out

I grew up in the eighties; that's probably why I like some of the earlier electronic from Kraftwerk to all throughout new wave and…

— Chino Moreno