'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.
- Syd Barrett
People, Dig, Arnold, Clothing
I thought 'Arnold Layne' was a nice name and fitted well into the music I had already composed. Then I thought, 'Arnold must have a hobby,' and it went from there.
- Syd Barrett
Thought, Arnold, Had, Hobby
When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.
- Syd Barrett
Within, Had, Sort, Parted
Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
- Syd Barrett
You, Lot, Whole, Roses
I'm full of dust and guitars.
- Syd Barrett
Dust, Full, Guitars
Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
- Syd Barrett
Nature, Living, Everything, Cambridge
Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.
- Syd Barrett
Play, Kid, Perfect, Hendrix
It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldn't reach that point.
- Syd Barrett
Always, Been, Sprinter, Group
I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.
- Syd Barrett
Rich, Like, Buy, All My Friends
I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.
- Syd Barrett
Other, Tend, Take, Lines
I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.
- Syd Barrett
Mirrors, Used, Felt, Close
I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any.
- Syd Barrett
Think, Never, Lot, Fun
I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.
- Syd Barrett
Serious, Nothing, Too, Operation
I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.
- Syd Barrett
Think, Very, About, Anyway
Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
- Syd Barrett
Studio, Very, About, Freaked
I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.
- Syd Barrett
Path, Waste, Mostly, My Time
Mostly, I just waste my time.
- Syd Barrett
Time, Waste, Mostly, My Time
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
- Syd Barrett
Song, Think, I Think, Meaning
A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.
- Syd Barrett
Doing, Lot, Films, Photography
The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.
- Syd Barrett
Work, Last, Very, Interviews
I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.
- Syd Barrett
Sorry, Very, Speak
I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.
- Syd Barrett
Most, Things, Disappearing, Avoiding
Fairy-tales are nice.
- Syd Barrett
Nice
I think of me being a painter eventually.
- Syd Barrett
Me, Think, I Think, Painter
If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.
- Syd Barrett
Teacher, College, Would, Stayed
I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.
- Syd Barrett
Should, Lot, Read, Maybe
It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me.
- Syd Barrett
Think, Rather, Anybody, Difficult
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