I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

I don't want an entire world full of people just drinking Coca-Cola and eating McDonald's hamburgers and listening to American pop records. That would be a lesser world. I hope the cultural diversity is rich and is able to survive the Westernization of their economies.

What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.

Potentially, America is really the greatest, but it's not yet, I don't think. It's too much like an old-fashioned empire, waving the stick and dropping too many bombs on too many people.

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.

I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously.