By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.

By the cold and religious we were taken in hand - shown how to feel good; and told to feel bad.

All in all you're just another brick in the wall

That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll. It affected Pink Floyd deeply, deeply, deeply. Philosophically, other albums may have been more important, like Lennon's first solo album. But sonically, the way the record's constructed, I think Music from Big Pink is fundamental to everything that happened after it.

Did you see the frightened ones, Did you hear the falling bombs, Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter in the promise of a brave new world unfurlled beaneath the clear blue skies. Good bye blue skies.

I would not rule out going to Israel because I disapprove of the foreign policy any more than I would refuse to play in the UK because I disapprove of Tony Blair's foreign policy.

Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away.