Syd Barrett Quotes

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I wasn't always this introverted.

- Syd Barrett

Always, Introverted

'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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