The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.

I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment.

For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental.

I am in a space now where I can try anything; and with Pink Floyd we've always been in a space where we were able to try out anything. I think we were very young then and we were very keen to experiment and try things out. It seems to me that this sort of experimenting is like working yourself towards something and trying to find what you like and what you want.

I think once you've seen a song with a video, it limits your own mind's ability to read into it anything other than what you've seen.

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.