Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs.

Quote by Robert Wyatt

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In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that...

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach...

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach...

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't...

I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important,...

I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important,...

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love...

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love...

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never...

People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never...

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on...

When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on...

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets....

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character,...

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's...

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically...

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically...

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry...

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry...

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was...

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to...

It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I...

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.