The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.

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.

Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.

when you hate others, you hate yourself.when you hate yourself, you hate others.when you love others, you love yourself.when you love yourself, you love others.there is no separation.

Surrender is a choice, it is never a calling.

Compassion is not weakness it's Christ-like

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

If you drink anymore, you're going to be positively flammable.

Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.

It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.

Kirshna's message is eternal - fight!

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.