35 Quotes by Nick Mason

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    But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The album we did together, 'Rock Bottom,' I think it's really lasted well. It's a 35-year-old album, but it worked.

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    People simply don't have room, physical room, to keep, for instance, 2-inch tape in the sort of quantities that are required to hold a full archive. It's not just a matter of having three or four boxes, it's 40, 90 boxes of 2-inch tape, and very few people have the resources that sort of stuff properly.

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    I've simply tried to capture the elements that I think give a picture of what I thought was happening at any one time, and to try to be honest about both the triumphs and the complete shambles that make up a band's existence.

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    There was a period of sort of minor deception. Then the book seemed to be being advertised initially as the official history, and I did object to him saying that.

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    I miss college golf, but the anticipation of turning pro and now being a professional is a great feeling. I'm also glad to be back in Hawaii, that's where I wanted to start my professional career.

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    Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock

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    I now believe when I'm dead and buried my tombstone will read, 'I'm not entirely sure the band's over.'

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