Quote by John Frusciante

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

— Anonymous

I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.

— John Frusciante

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 think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.

— Washed Out

My music, my whole approach to the synthesizer has completely changed now.

— John Frusciante

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

— Ariel Rechtshaid

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

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

I'm more of a whiz on the guitar and drums. I hear certain sounds in my head, and I find it easy to translate…

— Ladyhawke

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

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

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak…

— Eric Whitacre