I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

Quote by Robert Wyatt

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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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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

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

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde...

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...

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by...

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by...

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

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...

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But...

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But...

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

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

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they...

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm...

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...

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just...

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just...

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world:...

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world:...

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing...

I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing...

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...