In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all.
Roger WatersWhen you've done something, certainly if you create a piece of music, you then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for somebody else.
Roger WatersWhat it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us apart?
Roger WatersYou take the risk of being rejected. If you have pretentions to be an artist of any kind, you have to take the risk of people rejecting you and thinking you're an arsehole.
Roger WatersYou can draw a line between what I'm interested in and what I'm not interested in. On one side you can name Dylan and Lennon, who observe the world and have feelings, and write songs directly from those feelings. On the vapid side you have pop groups who need material and write songs to fill the hole, rather than getting somebody else.
Roger Waters