“We don't make a distinction between an acoustic instrument as a source...” — Florian Schneider Quote

“We don't make a distinction between an acoustic instrument as a source of sound and any sound in the air outside or on a manufactured tape. It's all electric energy, anyway.”

“The image of the robot is very important to us, it's very stimulating to people's imaginations.”

“As for ourselves, we love our machines.”

“I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.”

“I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.”

“The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic performance every day in a different mall! One interesting thing I remember is playing 'My Happy Ending' a lot, and that song was so new that I remember getting emotional.”