British - Musician | January 27, 1945 -
I've always liked a very dry snare and, like everyone else, a very dry bass drum.
Nick Mason
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The GTO is such an important car because it's a racing car and a touring car and that's pretty unusual.
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I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.
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I do have electric guitars, because I've always believed, especially when I'm working in the studio with other bands as producer, that there should be a really nice Strat around.
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Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.
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I have about 40 cars, of which 25 to 30 are what you might call serious.
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When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.
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I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in.
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The reality is, like any band, you can never quite quantify who does what.
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Of course, with the people you really know, no one changes that much.
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But I also enjoy music outside the band. I've been doing production for other people, including Robert Wyatt. Check him out. The album we did together, 'Rock Bottom,' I think it's really lasted well. It's a 35-year-old album, but it worked.
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The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
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