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

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.

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

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.

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

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