45+ Syd Barrett Quotes On Music, American Bandstand And Drugs

Syd Barrett was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and artist. He was a founding member of the band Pink Floyd, providing lead vocals and guitar. He left the band in 1968 due to mental health issues and his solo career was brief but influential. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Syd Barrett on life, music, love.

Top 10 Syd Barrett Quotes

1. I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
2. And what exactly is a dream and what exactly is a joke?
3. I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.
4. I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.
5. Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
6. Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
7. There's so much around, you don't know what to listen to. All I've got at home is Bo Diddley, some Stones and Beatles stuff, and old jazz records.
8. I'm full of dust and guitars.
9. Im sorry I cant speak very coherently.
10. It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldn't reach that point.

Syd Barrett Short Quotes

• Fairy-tales are nice.
• I think of me being a painter eventually.
• Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
• I’m not anything that you think I am.
• Singles are always simple.
• I like songs that are simple.
• I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.
• I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.
• The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.
• I wasn't always this introverted.

Syd Barrett Quotes About People

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way. — Syd Barrett

I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any. — Syd Barrett

A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing. — Syd Barrett

But I can't find anybody. That's the problem. I don't know where they are. I mean, I've got an idea that there must be someone to play with. If I was going to play properly, I should need some really good people. — Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett Famous Quotes And Sayings

Well, I've got a color telly, and a fridge. I've got some pork chops in the fridge, but the chops keep going off, so I have to keep buying more. — Syd Barrett

The fine arts thing at college was always too much for me to think about. What I was more involved in was being successful at arts school. — Syd Barrett

I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway. — Syd Barrett

You can play guitar in your canteen, you know, your hair might be longer, but there's a lot more to playing than travelling around universities and things. — Syd Barrett

I was sleeping in the woods one night after a gig we'd played somewhere, when I saw this girl appear before me. That girl was Emily. (on how he wrote "See Emily Play") "Chapter 24"-that was from the "I Ching", there was someone around who was very into that, most of the words came straight off that. "Lucifer Sam" was another one-it didn't mean much to me at the time, but then three or four months later it came to mean a lot. — Syd Barrett

I suppose I could've done a job. I haven't been doing any work. I'm not really used to doing quick jobs and then stopping, but I'm sure it would be possible. — Syd Barrett

It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together. — Syd Barrett

When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group. — Syd Barrett

I really prefer electric music. — Syd Barrett

I don't feel active, and that my public conscience is fully satisfied. — Syd Barrett

Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter. I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done. But it didn't transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger. — Syd Barrett

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time. — Syd Barrett

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious. — Syd Barrett

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends. — Syd Barrett

I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done. — Syd Barrett

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher. — Syd Barrett

I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently. — Syd Barrett

All middle men are bad. — Syd Barrett

In the future, bands are going to have to offer more than a pop show. They are going to have to an offer a well presented theatre show — Syd Barrett

You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and everything shines. — Syd Barrett

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it... — Syd Barrett

Life Lessons by Syd Barrett

1. Syd Barrett's work demonstrates the importance of staying true to your creative vision, no matter how unconventional it may be.
2. His willingness to experiment with sound and explore the boundaries of music has been a major influence on subsequent generations of artists.
3. His story also serves as a reminder to take care of your mental health, as it can be easy to become overwhelmed by the pressures of fame and success.