Syd Barrett > Quotes

“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 do not think I’m easy to define. I have a wandering mind. And I’m not anything that you think I am.”
― Syd Barrett

“I'm full of dust and guitars...”
― Syd Barrett

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

“All middle men are bad.”
― Syd Barrett

“Have You Got It Yet?”
― 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

“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

“And what exactly is a dream?
And what exactly is a joke?”
― Syd Barrett, Jugband Blues Sheet Music

“I'm trying to find you!
I'm living, I'm giving;
to find you;
I'm living,
I'm trying, I'm giving.”
― Syd Barrett

“...and what exactly is a joke....”
― Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd

“Let's split. I'm telling you this is it!”
― Syd Barrett

“Nice to be at home
All I'll ever be forever.”
― Syd Barrett

“You got it now!”
― Syd Barrett

“All the fives crock Henrietta
She's mean go-getter
Got to write her a letter.”
― Syd Barrett

“We feel that in the future, groups are going to have to offer much more than just a pop show. They'll have to offer a well-presented theatre show.”
― Syd Barrett

“I'm trying to find you! I'm living, I'm giving; to find you.
I'm living, I'm trying, I'm giving.”
― Syd Barrett