The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

When the first list was being drawn up in the rock and roll book of Genesis, it would have been: In the beginning, God created Pink Floyd.

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.

As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

Actually, I only left twice. I left then, and then rejoined literally two years later for Going For The One.

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.