Cold Quote by Mac DeMarco

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

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 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 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

I really enjoy listening to Japanese pop aka J-Pop and I also like listening to anime songs as well. Both of these types of…

— Moa Kikuchi

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

The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.

— Billy Higgins

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

— Joe Hisaishi

My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or, in a…

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you…

— Kurt Masur

I'm more akin to things like Sigur Ros, Mogwai, possibly. But when I'm making solo electronic music, techno stuff is just the most exciting…

— Jon Hopkins

But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.

— Anonymous