Humor Quote by Chuck Klosterman

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

— Andy Summers

We weren't listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how…

— Thom Yorke

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

— Herbie Hancock

I have the utmost respect for synthesizers - Soft Cell, early Depeche Mode. But that's become a cliche for the '80s.

— 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

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

— Robert Moog

I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like…

— Keith Jarrett

“I heard what I'd learned against my will to identify as new age music. Aimless and spacey, it meandered from unresolved keyboard chord to…

— Timothy Hallinan

I had this weird fetish for making the guitar sound like it wasn't a guitar to try and trick people into actually thinking it…

— Kevin Parker

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

That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.

— Julian Casablancas

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the…

— Pete Townshend