I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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