Build Quote by Gary Wright

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

— Flying Lotus

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

— Robert Moog

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

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

— Robert Moog

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

I don't love using synthesizers, but I do use synthesizers. I'm more inspired by acoustic instruments - as long as there's something making the…

— Jack Conte

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

— Herbie Hancock

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'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

Synthesizers can be programmed with more imagination than a real, 'human' performance. It's a joyful thing.

— Joe Hisaishi