Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records. Roger Waters More Quotes by Roger Waters More Quotes From Roger Waters Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today. But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're giving none away. Roger Waters roots evil giving I don't feel as if I'm in competition with myself; not at all. Roger Waters competition ifs feels We live in very volatile times. And it is super necessary that all of us resist this move toward the militarization and establishment of a more and more authoritarian regime, not just in the United States but in Europe and elsewhere. Roger Waters us live more just Almost everybody thinks that the fight is about ideology. Everybody will tell you, 'Well, the fighting is all about the Middle East.' 'Well, it's about Muslims starting jihad.' 'It's about terrorism.' 'It's about this or that.' And no, it's not. It's about money. Roger Waters fight you terrorism money That's why I call the show 'Us & Them,' because I believe there is no 'them.' There's only 'us.' Roger Waters why us i-believe believe I've only ever written about one thing in my life, which is the fact that we, as human beings, have a responsibility to one another and that it's important that we empathize with others, that we organize society so that we all become happier and we all get the life we really want. Roger Waters my-life society responsibility life To some extent, 'The Wall' is asking the question, 'Do you want a voice? And if you do, you better bloody well go out and get it because it's not going to be handed to you on a plate.' Roger Waters better go you voice We were contracted to make a soundtrack album but there really wasn't enough new material in the movie to make a new record that I thought was interesting. Roger Waters new thought enough interesting For an artist to go and play in a country that occupies other people's land and oppresses them, the way Israel does, is plain wrong. They should say no. Roger Waters artist country people way There is no 'us' and 'them'; it's an illusion. We are all human beings, and we all have a responsibility to support one another and to discover ways of wresting the power from the very, very few people who control all the cash and all the property. Roger Waters support responsibility power people War is hugely profitable. It creates so much money because it's so easy to spend money very fast. There are huge fortunes to be made. So there is always an encouragement to promote war and keep it going, to make sure that we identify people who are 'others' whom we can legitimately make war upon. Roger Waters money easy war people Because a lot of people are hurting economically and being shafted by the very wealthy, it's been possible here in the United States of America to organize them and persuade them that to elect a nincompoop like Donald Trump is actually in their best interest. When clearly it isn't. Roger Waters best like america people The United States has such an opportunity to be a leader in the world, and that opportunity has been frittered away. Roger Waters away leader opportunity world It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money, and the answer is,' F -- k you. No f -- in' way.'. Roger Waters
