Roger Waters
Roger Waters
George Roger Watersis an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Rick Wright and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the group's bassist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, conceptual leader and co-lead vocalist. Waters had the 9th widest vocal range on a list of over 150 contemporary Rock & Pop singers, with a total...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth6 September 1943
CityGreat Bookham, England
There are elements that were pure invention on my part.
I think Syd was destined to unhinge with or without acid, frankly, but there is no question that certainly acid and probably hash as well, have an exacerbating effect on that collection of symptoms that we call schizophrenia. You couldn't find anything more likely to accelerate or exacerbate those symptoms.
He was in custody when our officers got there, ... There's no need for an investigation. We didn't lay a hand on him.
Who is the strongest, who is the best, who holds the aces, the East or the West. This is the crap our children are learning.
Would you like to watch TV or get between the sheets and contemplate this violent freeway, would you like something to eat would you like to learn to fly would ya, would you like to see me try
When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children anyway they could By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids
Envy is the bond between the hopeful and the damned
I confess I've never felt like a passenger.
When 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.
I don't feel as if I'm in competition with myself; not at all.
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.
When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.
There are so many people out there who think they are fans of Pink Floyd - and certainly the work I did in Pink Floyd - who are still furious that I left.
In my rear view mirror the sun is going down sinking behind bridges in the road and I think of all the good things that we have left undone and I suffer premonitions confirm suspicions of the holocaust to come.