Giorgio By Moroder

When I was fifteen, sixteen, when I really started to play the guitar,

I definitely wanted to become a musician.

It was almost impossible because the dream was so big.

I didn't see any chance because I was living in a little town; I was studying.

And when I finally broke away from school and became a musician,

I thought, "Well, now I may have a little bit of a chance,"

Because all I really wanted to do is music – and not only play music,

But compose music.



At that time, in Germany, in '69-'70, they had already discotheques.

So, I would take my car, would go to a discotheque and sing maybe 30 minutes. 

I think I had about seven, eight songs. 

I would partially sleep in the car because I didn't want to drive home 

and that help me for about almost two years to survive in the beginning.



I wanted to do an album with the sound of the '50s, the sound of the '60s, of the '70s 

and then have a sound of the future. 

And I said, "Wait a second...I know the synthesizer

 – why don't I use the synthesizer which is the sound of the future?" 

And I didn't have any idea what to do, but I knew I needed a click 

so we put a click on the 24 track which then was synched to the Moog Modular. 

I knew that it could be a sound of the future but I didn't realise how much the impact it would be.



My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio.



Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and music being correct, 

you can do whatever you want. 

So, nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do.





Voice: Giorgio Moroder

Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr. 

Pedal Steel: Greg Leisz

Keyboards: Chris Caswell & Daft Punk

Modular Synthesizer: Daft Punk

Bass: Nathan East & James Genus

Drums: John "JR" Robinson & Omar Hakim

Percussion: Quinn



Orchestra: 

Conductor: Douglas Walter

Contractor: Joseph Solido

Musicians: (omitted)



Songs published by Imagem Music for the world excluding France, 

Daft Music/Because Music for France, Giorgio Moroder Publishing (ASCAP)