I went through all the musicians in my life who I admire as bright, intelligent, virtuosic players.

A career of nearly 40 years, is not very long.

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.

They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly

Rock's always been the devil's music.

Of course, we found out later Syd Barrett had mental problems. But there was something so otherworldly about him. He was hovering, like, six inches above the ground.

Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.