If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher. 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 musicstarssong 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 easythinking It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together. Syd Barrett being-realmenthinking And what exactly is a dream and what exactly is a joke? Syd Barrett exactly-isjokesdream 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 girlsleepmean 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 blackshiningreading 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 bellsgivinglooks I wasn't always this introverted. Syd Barrett introvertedintrovert I'm disappearing, avoiding most things. Syd Barrett avoidingdisappear 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 popsbandtheatre Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours. Syd Barrett colourwholerose 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 vaccinesrichmy-friends I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any. Syd Barrett should-havefunthinking All middle men are bad. Syd Barrett middlemen 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 guitarplayhair 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 recordsstoneshome I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. Syd Barrett wasting-my-timewastepath Im sorry I cant speak very coherently. Syd Barrett im-sorryspeaksorry Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then. Syd Barrett working-very-hardusedfun
