I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.

That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.

I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin!

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.

If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less.

The earth is a spaceship. While you are here, enjoy the ride.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of a well-read man?

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

It's a sad thing not to have friends, but it is even sadder not to have enemies.

I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.

The big advantage of a book is that it's very easy to rewind. Close it and you're right back at the beginning.

do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?

Those are the liberals who don't want to win. Those are the liberals who are in love with noble defeats, and I'm sick and tired of noble defeats.

Smile first thing in the morning. Get it over with.