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By the time I got to building...

By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years' experience building electronic musical instruments.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

My transition from scientist ...

My transition from scientist to entrepreneur? Some would say that I still haven't made that transition.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

The point is that I don't des...

The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

I had been building electroni...

I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

What inspires me is not so mu...

What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Other kids went out and beat ...

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

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Part of what I do is a craft,...

Part of what I do is a craft, but part of what I do is a science. And I guess the craft comes in knowing what science to use and what science not to use.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

I was never worried that synt...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

I'm finishing building a hous...

I'm finishing building a house and setting up a shop to build custom electronical musical instruments.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

My training as an engineer ha...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Leon Theremin's original desi...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Everything has some conscious...

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

Robert Moog 24 quotes

The mini-Moog was conceived o...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

I happen to think that comput...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

One always has to remember th...

One always has to remember these days where the garbage pail is, because it's so easy to make sounds, and to put sounds together into something that appears to be music, but it's just as hard as it always was to make good music.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Back in the '40s and early '5...

Back in the '40s and early '50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

There are confirmed stories o...

There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the opposite - I can walk into a room and something will work better than it is supposed to.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Back in the 40s and early 50s...

Back in the 40s and early 50s, building simple electronic projects was a popular hobby of many people. Back then, you could buy, you know, a few parts and - with tubes and build something on your kitchen table, and it would actually work.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

Leon Theremin's original desig...

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.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

The point is that I don't desi...

The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use.

Robert Moog 24 quotes

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