The recording of "The Wall" was very tense, mainly because [
Roger Waters] was
starting to go a bit mad. This was the record when he fell out badly
with Rick [
Richard Wright]. Rick has a natural style, a very specific piano style, but
he doesn't come up with pieces easily or to order [which is] a problem
when other people are worrying about who did what and who should get
the credit. There was even talk of Roger and Dave [
David Gilmour] elbowing me out and
carrying on as a duo. There were points during "The Wall" when Roger and
Dave were really carrying the thing. Rick was useless, and I wasn't
very much help to anyone, either.
