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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.