Pink Floyd Quotes
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Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.
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Life is long. But it goes fast.
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Of course, with the people you really know, no one changes that much.
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I now believe when I'm dead and buried my tombstone will read, "I'm not entirely sure the band's over."
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I confess I've never felt like a passenger.
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I think a lot of things do influence me, but the influence mechanism is as such that these things dive into your brain and bury themselves into your subconscious and you're never quite sure where and how they're going to emerge. I don't think I really take direct influence.
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We don't need no thought control.
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I am one of the best five writers to come out of English music since the war.
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Would you like to watch TV or get between the sheets and contemplate this violent freeway, would you like something to eat would you like to learn to fly would ya, would you like to see me try.
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I remember Adrian [Maben, director] had lots of problems with red tape and dealing with stuff. I think we lost two or three days. Maybe those were the days we had to walk around the summit of Vesuvius, and we went around to the sulfur pits where the ground is bubbling. It's near here. It's fantastic.
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We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not?
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Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did it, I lived it and I breathed it every day of my life for 30-odd years and now I am slowing down a little bit. But it does not mean that I am any less intense and dedicated to the work that I am doing now. I have other priorities in life as well.
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You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop you from falling backward, that's a hard drug to kick.
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Pompeii is an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they're very damaged with what's gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you're looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday.
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Each small candle lights a corner of the dark.
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People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english.
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I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.
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I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.
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I can't remember really what it's like to do it within Pink Floyd. In my mind, that's a thing of the past.
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I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.
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I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.
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Everyone goes to rotten schools when they're kids, don't they?
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Buying a Ferrari is like buying Château Pétrus if you like fine wines. It's the safe choice.
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For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental.