“That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.”

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it’s hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music.

I’m delighted about the track’s success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is,

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.

Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines.

In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates.

I don’t think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.

There is a certain grandeur.

We realized that, Oh my God, we’re actually playing in THE Kremlin!.

The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility.

If I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.

The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album,

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement.

I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn’t fully insured.

And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.

Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.

I do my best to tell a story whenever I write music because I want to paint the most vivid picture that tells a story whether a person is falling in love for the first time or going through a painful heartbreak.

The first two months were painful and they really tested my manhood because there were times I didn’t want to get up because I was in pain.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

My whole life, I’ve been responding in a positive way and keeping a positive mind, keeping God first in my heart, in my mind.