When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

Quote by Robert Wyatt

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I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect....

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect....

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 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 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...

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 play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to...

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something...

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something...

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...

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'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 most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

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...

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