Mean Quote by John Frusciante

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

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

— Anonymous

It's a particular skill, I think , doing backing vocals. You're blending the vocals between the gaps, between the music.

— Lisa Hannigan

If you remix, people want to tap into your sound. If you keep that to yourself, it makes the sound more special.

— Tiesto

Well, I'm known as a guitar-rock guy, you know? You're not supposed to play with synthesizers. This is not in the rulebook.

— Billy Corgan

It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons…

— James Hunter

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful.

— Michael Bolton

I say ‘Uhmm...’ a lot. I mentioned this to Karla and she says it’s a CPU word. It means you’re assembling data in your…

— Douglas Coupland

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 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

I'm going in that direction rather than the 80's synth-pop direction where it's more obvious you're hearing a synthesizer.

— John Frusciante

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

— Joe Hisaishi