When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.

Quote by Robert Wyatt

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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.

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 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.

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...

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

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...

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...

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

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...

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 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 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 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...

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 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,...

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...

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.

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 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 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,...