Backgrounds Quote by David Bowie

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

There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very…

— Tod Machover

Guitars, there was rock 'n' roll. Saxophone, jazz. Now we have the computer and there's this electronic thing happening in music that is somewhat…

— Tim Commerford

In the 80s, if you wanted to make electronic music, it was a much tougher and more expensive process. For many people it would…

— Ekoplekz

We come from a generation that wanted to make electronic music accepted, at a time [when] it was not.

— Thomas Bangalter

Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial…

— Luc Ferrari

I spent ten years playing classical piano, and that was what led to keyboards and eventually to production and to Linkin Park.

— Mike Shinoda

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

— Herbie Hancock

My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had…

— Michel Gondry

When I imagine some music in my mind, almost automatically, I imagine the piano keys.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

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 started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a…

— Z'EV