“We are all brothers and sisters under the skin and above it . . . it's super important that we stop lobbing bombs over the top of the wall and start trying to dismantle it, so that we can say 'hi' to whoever is on the other side, whether the divide is religious or nationalistic or politic or economic.” TryingImportantSidesReligiousEconomicBrotherWallSkinsBombsDividesBrothers And SistersOver The TopNationalistic Author:Roger Waters
“Part of the reason I'm doing Us + Them tour is to play my part in trying to spread the message that cooperation is a better way to resolve conflicts than confrontation. That bridges are better than walls, that nationalism and exceptionalism is destroying our world and destroying our lives.” WorldTryingReasonWallConflictSpreadNationalismResolveCooperationConfrontation Author:Roger Waters
“Would you like to watch TV or get between the sheets and contemplate this violent freeway, would you like something to eat would you like to learn to fly would ya, would you like to see me try” TryingWatchesTvsViolentContemplatingSheetsLike SomethingFreewaysLearn To Fly Author:Roger Waters
“I had at one point this rather depressing image of some alien culture seeing the death of this planet - coming down in their spaceships and sniffing around; finding all our skeletons sitting around our TV sets and trying to work out why our end came before its time and they come to the conclusion that we amused ourselves to death.” TryingEndsCultureSeeingPlanetsTvsFindingsSittingWork OutConclusionAliensDepressingAmusedSkeletonsSitting AroundSpaceshipsSniffing Author:Roger Waters
