Speaking to Rolling Stone, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour addressed a number of looming questions as he gears up for the release of Rattle That Lock on September 18th.

Of course, many Gilmour fans are dying to know why it’s been nine long years since the last solo album, On An Island, was released. Gilmour elaborated:

“I meant to get back to things, but life happens and certain things got in the way: raising children, the trials and tribulations of parenthood, being supportive to my wife in her writing endeavors. She’s got a brilliant book coming out called The Kindness. And sometimes, it takes the momentum a little while to get going. I really intended to get one done much quicker than this, but here we are. I’m allowed to take some time off at my age. And like last time, I’m intending to get another one out much quicker next time.”

He continued, “It’s come together over a long period of time. When I’m at home and the kids are at school and [my wife] Polly is working, I can go into my studio here and get on with some work. But it’s quite slow and leisurely, not very driven. And over a period of time, you realize that you’ve actually got a lot of material, and you try to focus on what you’ve got. It’s a lot of disparate pieces of music, and you turn that into an album. That last process began a couple of years ago, but I had to take a couple of months out when Pink Floyd did the Endless River project. But then I came back to it and have been fully focused since then.”

After some discussion about the conceptual nature of Rattle That Lock, Gilmour digs into his upcoming solo tour, which will kick off in March 2016.He says, “I’ve got the band booked. I’ve got the rehearsal space booked. But I haven’t even started thinking about anything to do with it yet, but it’s my next project. It’s my task to settle down to after breakfast tomorrow.”

He then revealed the lineup for his solo band, saying that the keyboardists will be “Jon Carin and Kevin McAlea, who played at the Kate Bush shows in London last year.” He continued, explaining that ” Phil [Manzanera] will be playing guitar; Guy Pratt on bass. Steve Distanislao will be on drums.”

When asked about playing Pink Floyd music, he said that “anything that feels like it’ll fit and it’ll be fun, I’ll do it. I might do “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” again. I haven’t completely closed the door to Pink Floyd songs. They’re so much fun.”

But despite his fondness for the music, Gilmour confirmed the recent news that the Pink Floyd chapter of his life is over.

“I’ve enjoyed that part of my life; that life has given me so much. There’s been a lot of joy, a lot of laughter, a lot of creative satisfaction. We’ve had a lot of good companionship for 95 percent of our time together. I wouldn’t want that five percent that was a little more sour to make my view of it less enjoyable. All things must pass. All things must come to an end. I don’t want to go back there. I’ve done it.”

You can read the full interview here, via Rolling Stone.