Nick Mason quotes:

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.

There are so many ingredients that are contained in 'The Wall' that were not necessarily contained in other Pink Floyd records, particularly following on from 'Animals,' which was very spare and sparse. Production on it was much more massive, the complexity of the recording was much more intense.

One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.

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

Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.

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

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

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

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

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

The GTO is such an important car because it's a racing car and a touring car and that's pretty unusual.

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

I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.

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

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