Coming back to Yes is like never having left. Even when I have not been in the band, I have always felt part of it.

The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.

When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!

Tales From Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.

As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.

But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.

Vision is not fiction

What good is having an imagination if you don't use it?

Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful.

I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

Without training you will not grow wings.

My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

It rekindles the great Hollywood romances.

One man in a meeting, filled with unbelief, can make a place for the devil to have a seat.

First of all, convince yourself that you are the best because the rest of your life is going to go proving this to others.