Roger Waters

Person · Open Library

Born

6 September 1943

Works

14

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1943-09-06

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

632,088

Total plays

15,489,570

George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965, serving as the group’s bassist. After the departure of founding member Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd’s primary lyricist, conceptual leader, and co-lead vocalist until leaving the band in 1985. Pink Floyd achieved international success with several concept albums, including "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 77,379x

2. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 38,991x

3. An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust

   · 1995 · cited 27,873x

4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,517x

5. Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma

   · 2005 · cited 18,383x

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Quotes

• “Asked what his artistic purpose was: "There is no purpose. We do whatever we do. You either blow your brains out or get on with something."”
• “What it comes down to for me is: Will the technologies of communication and culture — and especially popular music, which is a vast and beloved enterprise — help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us apart?”
• “The very early days of Pink Floyd were magical. We played small auditoriums for entranced audiences, and there was a wonderful sense of communion. We got overpowered by the weight of success and numbers — not just the money but the size of the audience. I became very disenchanted. I had to make the choice of staying on the treadmill or making the braver decision to travel a more difficult path alone.”
• “I think that happiness resides somewhere between the extremes of personal, religious, and political. I think happiness resides where we understand someone else's point of view and needs. Happiness resides where we are not lost in the solitary dream."”
• “For us the most important thing is to be visual, and for the cats watching us to have fun. This is all we want. We get very upset if people get bored when we're only half way through smashing the second set. Then all of a sudden they hear Arnold Layne and they flip all over again.”
• “We've got the recording side together and not the playing side.”

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Wikidata facts

Official website

rogerwaters.com

Image

Roger Waters Newport Folk Festival 2015.jpg

Height

1.90

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