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.

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.

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

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

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 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.