1972 Interview with Stevie Wonder on Moog

Stevie Wonder back in 1972: "A lot of people don't consider the Moog an instrument, in a sense, and they feel it's gonna take a lot of work away from musicians and all that. But I feel it is an instrument and is a way to directly express what comes from your mind. It gives you so much of a sound in the broader sense. What you're actually doing with an oscillator is taking a sound and shaping it into whatever form you want. Maybe a year and a half ago I couldn't have done these kinds of tracks. I don't know. I think your surroundings and environment have a great deal to do with what come out of you, how you write. I wrote Evil, for instance, in the studios the day after Memorial Day – which is the same as your Remembrance Day – and did it straight away."

Read the full interview on The Gaurdian. Via Moog Music.