Thomas Bangalter

The spirit of house music, electronic music, in the beginning was to break the rules, to do things in many different ways.

Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature.

Computers were never designed in the first place to become musical instruments. Within a computer, everything is sterile - there's no sound, there's no air. It's totally code. Like with computer-generated effects in movies, you can create wonders. But it's really hard to create emotion.