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.

Tales From Topographic Oceans is like a woman's padded bra.

I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it.

Success is buried in the garden of failure.

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

But I listen to live recordings of things that I did back in the '70s and then how I've done things since. And there's no doubt about it: if I compare the two, it's like chalk and cheese.

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