I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about 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.

Do kisses fade like Polaroid pictures if you don't pay attention to them?

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

It's not a bloody piano, it's a clarenARt...you weird talking person.

That love doesn’t come easily and that relationships are supposed to be a struggle. Everything else is so hard; hopefully love is the one thing that is actually fun.

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.

Study is a life long pursuit.

It's great to be young and a Yankee!