Zitat des Tages von Nick Mason:
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.
There were a lot of gifted amateurs in my day. Most of the kids now play fantastically well. I think there are so many bands around now who might get there, but it's a tougher journey.
The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
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.
I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.
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.
I've always liked a very dry snare and, like everyone else, a very dry bass drum.
I do have electric guitars, because I've always believed, especially when I'm working in the studio with other bands as producer, that there should be a really nice Strat around.
One tends to look back at the mistakes as the same thing - relinquishing control of something at some point in your career.
