Band Quote by Curt Smith

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

Some thought it strange that we incorporated synthesizers in our music but the equipment was there so we just figured out a way to…

— Dusty Hill

Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.

— Brendon Urie

Perhaps since I have been using the Synthaxe, it might have made it easier for people to listen to me, in a funny kind…

— Allan Holdsworth

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 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 idea was I'd never amount to anything in music, The theme there was that I was talented, but I wouldn't work hard enough…

— Mose Allison

We were so heavily influenced by The Replacements and by a lot of hard core bands like Bad Brains, not that we sounded like…

— John Rzeznik

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one…

— Trevor Horn

I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.

— Gary Wright

Because I didn't have a band I took electronic music and tried to mix it with indie-punk, and I became a pioneer in a…

— Peaches