Rick Wright - Blog Posts

Richard Wright switching keyboard in Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII.

“Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought it would be as well received and last in people's minds for as long as it did. All credit to him. It's his idea [Pink Floyd at Pompeii] and it was great.” — David Gilmour.

Richard Wright & Pink Floyd, Live Performances of ‘The Wall’ 1980.

“I thought, if I’m going to leave at least I know I’ve got another month or so to carry on working – even possibly with the hope in the back of my mind that things might change. On the live performances Roger was being reasonably friendly. It was difficult but I tried to forget all my grudges, and I enjoyed playing The Wall. I put everything I could into the performances, and I think Roger approved of that. We would talk civilly to each other. It wasn’t too bad at all.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.

“For me, playing music is like meditating - I just play and don't really think about what I'm doing, I just let it happen.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.

Pink Floyd in Moscow, 1989.

“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.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.

Richard Wright playing ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’ in Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII.

“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.” — Richard (Rick) Wright.