Long Quote by Jack Conte

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 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

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

I love synthesizers and I love electronic music and I love the avant garde and I always want to try and have some kind…

— David W. Marsden

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

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

— Flying Lotus

To me, I don't see any difference between a synthesizer and an acoustic instrument. It's what's done on it that counts.

— Allan Holdsworth

I think it was inevitable that I get into synthesizer music. I always wanted to deal with sound more than anything else. I couldn't…

— Vangelis

I'm really not into the idea of just faking songs with a synthesizer. That just isn't the music I'm making at all.

— Hamilton Leithauser

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

— Joe Hisaishi

For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.

— Andy Summers

I'm using the synthesizer more to change the sounds of other things rather than to use it as the source of the sound.

— John Frusciante