35 Quotes by Nick Mason

I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.

Of course, with the people you really know, no one changes that much.

I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious.

I was brought up in a car family, my dad loved cars and I was taught the art of making an Austin 7 operate.

I've always liked a very dry snare and, like everyone else, a very dry bass drum.

Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that people make wonderful music and live a wonderful life being friends together. Sadly, life isn't quite like that.

Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what 'The Wall' eventually became was something that absolutely engaged the audience.

The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what.

The fact of the matter is that 40 years ago, unless you bought the record, you couldn't hear the music. It was such a narrow track in comparison to today.