The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren’t particularly youth culture. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they’re about the exuberance of youth. That’s the sort of subliminal ideology. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
I’ve always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster’s paradise. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
I don’t know how many thoughts we have a second, but it’s quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
If you’ve never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you’ve got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question. Robert Wyatt Read Quote
