“"Perfect Sense (part I)" on Amused to Death (Roger Waters, 1992)”

“"The Powers That Be" on Radio KAOS (Roger Waters, 1987)”

Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd

“"5.06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes)" on The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (Roger Waters, 1985)”

Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd

“"Leaving Beirut" on To Kill the Child/ Leaving Beirut (Roger Waters, 2005), regarding the war in Iraq”

Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd

“Bob Ezrin about Waters: "I hate the word "artist," but I would definitely concede that Roger is a great artist…as well as a total obsessive and psychiatrist's dream."”

Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd

“All right, he thought, so the details were not perfect. But maybe, in a sense, that was part of the magic, too.”

Gregory Benford book Timescape

“America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.”

John Piper (1946) American writer

“Roger: Um, I would add probably a little bit of salt, and I like anything that has ginger in it, so I would put a little ginger into Warped Tour and it would be PERFECT”

Roger Manganelli (1973) American musician

“I just want God. I want God inside me. I want God to play in my bloodstream the way sunlight amuses itself on water.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

“I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent”

Ashleigh Brilliant (1933) American author and cartoonist