Robert Moog Quotes & Sayings

“Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It's like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level.”

“I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.”

“To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.”

“When a pianist sits down and does a virtuoso performance he is in a technical sense transmitting more information to a machine than any other human activity involving machinery allows.”

“Everything has some consciousness, and we tap into that. It is about energy at its most basic level.”

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

“I'm an engineer. I see myself as a toolmaker and the musicians are my customers... They use my tools.”

“Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.”

“The mini-Moog was conceived originally as a session musician's axe, something a guy could carry to the studio, do a gig and walk out.”

“My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.”