Top 43 Quotes by Robert Wyatt

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back?

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

I don't do live things.

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.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

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.