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Portrait of Robert Moog

Robert Moog

(1934–2005) Inventor

20 quotes in 182 categories

Robert Moog was an inventor, best known for Analog days.

Quick Facts About Robert Moog

Born: May 23, 1934
Died: August 21, 2005
Profession: Inventor
Notable works: Analog days

About Robert Moog

Robert Arthur Moog was an American electronics engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. Among Moog's honors are a Technical Grammy Award, received in 2002, and an induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes 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.

Design

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Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many…

Design

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I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.

Customers

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Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft…

Crafts

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One always has to remember these days where the garbage pail is, because it's so easy to make sounds, and to put…

Easy

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When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine…

Activity

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I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was…

Cat

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Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.

Consciousness

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I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.

Been

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My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven't made that transition.

Business

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What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything…

Composer

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Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

Baseball

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The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and…

Axe

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Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could…

Actually

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I was never worried that synthesizers would replace musicians. First of all, you have to be a musician in order to make…

Firsts

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There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the…

Better

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I'm finishing building a house and setting up a shop to build custom electronical musical instruments.

Build

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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…

Design

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To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

Appreciate

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By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years' experience building electronic musical instruments.

Building

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