I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time. Syd Barrett More Quotes by Syd Barrett More Quotes From Syd Barrett I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people. Syd Barrett music stars song 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 easy thinking It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together. Syd Barrett being-real men thinking And what exactly is a dream and what exactly is a joke? Syd Barrett exactly-is jokes dream 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 girl sleep mean I’m not anything that you think I am. Syd Barrett thinking You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and everything shines. Syd Barrett black shining reading 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 bells giving looks I wasn't always this introverted. Syd Barrett introverted introvert I'm disappearing, avoiding most things. Syd Barrett avoiding disappear 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 pops band theatre Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours. Syd Barrett colour whole rose 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 vaccines rich my-friends I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any. Syd Barrett should-have fun thinking All middle men are bad. Syd Barrett middle men 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 guitar play hair 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. Syd Barrett records stones home I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. Syd Barrett wasting-my-time waste path Im sorry I cant speak very coherently. Syd Barrett im-sorry speak sorry Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then. Syd Barrett working-very-hard used fun