Syd Barrett Quotes

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Syd Barrett

Profession : Singer

Birth : January 6, 1946

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

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I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.

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I wasn't always this introverted.

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I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

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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.

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I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

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I'm full of dust and guitars.

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I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

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'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.

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I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

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I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.

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Mostly, I just waste my time.

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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.

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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.

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It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me.

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I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.

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I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.

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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.

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When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.

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I like songs that are simple.

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