Creativity Quote by Rick Wright

There is a sly demystification in Rick Wright admitting he “sang only nonsense words” before Roger “Moore” arrived to “dress them with the lyrics.” It’s a musician pulling back the curtain on how certain iconic songs are built: not as fully formed confessions, but as mood first, meaning second. Wright frames composition as instinctive and physical - tunes you can hum, vowel-sounds that carry emotion without committing to a narrative. The “nonsense” isn’t incompetence; it’s a deliberate placeholder, a way to protect the melody’s shape and let the music speak before language narrows it.

Then the real barb: “dressed them.” Lyrics aren’t portrayed as the song’s skeleton, but its wardrobe - a layer that can elevate, stylize, even mislead. The word choice carries a gentle skepticism about authorship and credit in bands: who “makes” the song, the one who finds the harmonic spine or the one who supplies the story people quote? Wright’s phrasing implies a quiet hierarchy of labor, where the musical architecture is essential yet often less publicly legible than a lyric’s message.

The context feels unmistakably Pink Floyd: a group whose reputation tilts heavily toward conceptual writing and grand themes, even though the emotional force often comes from texture, chord changes, and atmosphere. Wright’s line is also a small defense of the nonverbal in pop culture - a reminder that listeners are frequently moved by sound before they understand why.