Nick Mason

People simply don't have room, physical room, to keep, for instance, 2-inch tape in the sort of quantities that are required to…

— Nick Mason

Part of the gestation of 'The Wall' was this business of alienation from the audience, and so the interesting thing was, what…

— Nick Mason

I do have electric guitars, because I've always believed, especially when I'm working in the studio with other bands as producer, that…

— Nick Mason

The problem now with changes in the music industry is that there's almost no point in making records anymore. The only thing…

— Nick Mason

I never collected cars as a financial thing; I wanted to go racing, so I chose the cars I wanted to go…

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

The fact of the matter is that 40 years ago, unless you bought the record, you couldn't hear the music. It was…

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that…

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

Buying a Ferrari is like buying Château Pétrus if you like fine wines. It's the safe choice.

— Nick Mason

But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The…

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

There are so many ingredients that are contained in 'The Wall' that were not necessarily contained in other Pink Floyd records, particularly…

— Nick Mason

“The Wall as a piece represents large amount of material spread across a range of media: the record, the concerts – enhanced…

— Nick Mason

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

— Nick Mason

Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I…

— Nick Mason

The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell…

— Nick Mason