I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

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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.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never...

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never...

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and...

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and...

There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I...

There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I...

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel...

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel...

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...

I don't do live things.

I don't do live things.

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh...

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh...

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.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you...

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,...

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...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place...

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 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...

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

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'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....