I'm not a soldier for anything, either. I'm only a singer and I don't think it makes a difference what we sing.

Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

The United States is a country where everybody can start again.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

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.

I'm not a soldier for anything, either. I'm only a singer and I don't think it makes a difference what we sing.

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.