Roger Waters

"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" on A Saucerful of Secrets"

"What it comes down to for me is: Will the technologies of communication and culture — and especially popular music, which is a vast and beloved enterprise — help us to understand one another better, o…"

"Asked what his artistic purpose was: "There is no purpose. We do whatever we do. You either blow your brains out or get on with something."

"In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all."

"It's actually quite emotional, standing up here with these three guys after all these years, standing to be counted with the rest of you. Anyway, we're doing this for everyone who's not here, and part…"

"The very early days of Pink Floyd were magical. We played small auditoriums for entranced audiences, and there was a wonderful sense of communion. We got overpowered by the weight of success and numbe…"

"I could never aspire to Syd's crazed insights and perceptions. In fact for a long time I wouldn't have dreamt of claiming any insights whatsoever. I'll always credit Syd with the connection he made be…"

"Regarding the spate of High School shootings of 1999: "in the Colorado shootings, the media seemed to change their tack a bit. Though they attached ghoulishly to it, covered it 24 hours a day and even…"