Even the two times that I left, I never really felt like I left the band. It's very bizarre. It's like there's sort of an umbilical cord that stretches between us spiritually.

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.

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It will always have a change of name once it’s attempted!

Mom always taught me not to use the word hate. As if it were profanity.

The mind of the most logical thinker goes so easily from one point to another that it is not hard to mistake motion for progress.

I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.

It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them.

On a serious note, we don't think we're trying to be so different, it's just that everyone else is trying to be same.

Like cats' eyes gleaming in the gloom, the precious diamonds rest.

I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.

I've learned a lot about being in the public eye. I'm certainly handling things more maturely now, I'm not getting as scared as easily.