Rick Wright quotes

Rick Wright was a British musician and founding member of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd. His atmospheric keyboard playing helped define the band's iconic sound. He made significant contributions as a composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist throughout Pink Floyd's most influential years. Here are 5 of his quotes:

The fact that people still know us is, in my opinion, a result of our music and of the big money that runs the music industry today. The people who control the industry are accountants who recycle everything in new, nostalgic packages, and everything else, to make more money.

Rick Wright

Sometimes I play something, and I haven't recorded it, and I don't know where it came from, why my hands did what they did, what key it was in, anything.

Rick Wright

Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation.

Rick Wright

We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.

Rick Wright