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.”

“Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.”

“I thought 'Arnold Layne' was a nice name and fitted well into the music I had already composed. Then I thought, 'Arnold must have a hobby,' and it went from there.”

“'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.”

“Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.”

“Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.”

“I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.”

“Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. And that's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around.”

“I wasn't always this introverted.”

“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.”

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

“When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.”

“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.”

“I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.”