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
The point is that I dont design stuff for myself. Im a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use. – Robert Moog
Leon Theremins 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. Its like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level. – Robert Moog
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
First: the best is the enemy of the good, trying to be perfect or trying to meet infinite context will both make you crazy and make you miss your launch date. The only thing to do is to create a product for your users. Not The User but the specific audience for whom your product is intended. – Christina Wodtke