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Nearly all the synth work on Heathen is mine and some of the piano.

I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.

I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that.

I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.

I agree with the rest of the band, that a truly synthesized sound isn't really what I would want to go for.

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 get a lot of demos sent my way, and I listen to them, and sometimes they just have something very special.

That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.