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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.