Pink Floyd - Recording sessions at Capitol Studios, Hollywood Los Angeles. May 1970. Courtesy of Capitol Records Photo Archive.
Q: ‘I think Mr. Wright's keyboard work during the early Floyd years was one of the most distinctive elements of the band's sound, and was definitely a key to the band's success. Who were the influences on this keyboard style in the beginning?’
“That is interesting. I would have to say, not necessarily keyboard players actually influenced my sound. For example, I can give you a good example, one of the people I was very influenced by was Miles Davis, the trumpeter and his style of playing the trumpet certainly influenced the way I played the keyboards and also Bill Evans. Simply look at Jazz and that has influenced my way of playing the keyboard.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
anita, marlon richards & dominique tarle at villa nellcôte during the exile on main street sessions, 1971.
Richard Wrights AAA pass - Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, MCMLXXXIX.
"There is no pain you are receding. A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves.” — Pink Floyd.
Rick Wright during recording sessions of the album, ‘Obscured by Clouds' at Strawberry Studios, Château d'Hérouville, France 1972. Photo by Jean-Denis Mahn.
"Paint Box" and "Remember A Day" were done soon after Syd left and we still hadn't established the way the band was going to work. Syd, I am sad to say, was no longer capable of working so it came down to Roger, Dave and myself writing songs and I think it came later that we started writing songs together. For example, "Echoes" was where we discovered the best music we created at the time was when all three us of got together and collaborated rather than individually coming to the studio with a song.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.
| marianne faithfull in 1967. 💌
“Pass the wine bowl but let’s make some love.”
Pass The Wine - The Rolling Stones.
| MARIANNE FAITHFULL. Getting ready to go to HYDE PARK, 5th JULY, 1969.
NICHOLAS: Where’s Charlie? Charlie! What’s Charlie doing?
MICK: What’s Charlie gonna do?
MARIANNE: He’s going to play the drums.
NICHOLAS + MICK: He’s gonna play the drums!
MICK: Do you think he’s gonna wave at you?
NICHOLAS: The drums!
MARIANNE: Oh yes, he must wave.
anita with mick jagger, marianne faithfull & keith richards in brazil, 1968.
MARIANNE FAITHFULL playing guitar in her dressing room at the Olympia. Paris, France. March 25, 1966.
Roger Waters and Syd Barrett, interviewed by Hans Keller, circa. 1967.
“Keller was a dick to them. But the lads come off as very polite and well spoken by comparison.”
“I know for a fact that heaven and hell are here on earth.”
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